With all but 300 ballots counted in Benton County on Friday, unofficial results show Don Britain, Sharon Brown and John Hubbard will be new members of the Kennewick City Council in January.
The returns also show incumbents Steve Young and Bob Parks retaining their seats. But Mayor Tom Moak, Margery Price, who is mayor pro tem, and James Hempstead were turned out after each having served the council for 12 years.
The latest tally shows Britain with 64 percent to Price's 37 percent; Brown with 53 percent to Hempstead's 47 percent; Hubbard with 52 percent to Moak's
48 percent; Parks with 58 percent to Candace Bluechel's
42 percent; and Young with
53 percent to Christopher Smart's 47 percent.
There were 40,711 ballots tallied in Benton County with 86,614 registered voters, showing a 47 percent voter turnout.
In Franklin County, no leads changed after Friday's ballot count.
Pasco Councilman Mike Garrison continued to lead challenger Alecia Greenaway, and incumbent Tom Larsen was defeating challenger Todd Samuel.
Connell Mayor Gary Walton remains well ahead of opponent Bob Widows, and Lee Barrow held onto his lead over Esther Daza-Bailie for an at-large council position.
The election will be certified Nov. 24.
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The Richland City Council will have two new members in January if preliminary election results Tuesday hold as remaining ballots are counted.
Challenger Brad Anderson, vice chairman of the city's Parks & Recreation Commission, was leading incumbent Mayor Pro Tem Ed Revell with 4,401 votes, or 56 percent, to Revell's 3,461 votes, or 44 percent.
"I'm excited," Anderson said. "It was a lot of hard work. I was hopeful, but I was going up against an incumbent who doesn't have a bad name in the city, and I knew it was going to be a challenge. I stayed positive, and it looks like it paid off."
Connie Meredith elected to Benton City council
Connie Meredith elected to Benton City council
BENTON CITY -- Benton City voters elected Connie Meredith for Position 4 on the city council Tuesday, while endorsing Mayor Lloyd Carnahan, Position 3 candidate Bob Bruce and Position 5 candidate Honda Johnson, who were unopposed on the ballot.
Meredith received 181 votes for nearly 49 percent, besting Karen Merritt's 68 votes at 18 percent, Rick Eder's 62 votes for almost 17 percent and Garry Griffiths' 61 votes for 16 percent.
The four Position 4 candidates were late filers who did not enter the race until after the Aug. 16 primary.
BENTON CITY: Connie Meredith elected to council
BENTON CITY: Connie Meredith elected to council
BENTON CITY — Benton City voters elected Connie Meredith for Position 4 on the city council Tuesday, while endorsing Mayor Lloyd Carnahan, Position 3 candidate Bob Bruce and Position 5 candidate Honda Johnson, who were unopposed on the ballot.
Meredith received 181 votes for nearly 49 percent, besting Karen Merritt’s 68 votes at 18 percent, Rick Eder’s 62 votes for almost 17 percent and Garry Griffiths’ 61 votes for 16 percent.
The four Position 4 candidates were late filers who did not enter the race until after the Aug. 16 primary.
Pasco council make-up likely to remain unchanged
Pasco council make-up likely to remain unchanged
The Pasco City Council will likely remain unchanged come January.
Incumbents Rebecca Francik and Al Yenney each had more than a 1,000-vote lead over their opponents Tuesday night.
Yenney, who is finishing his first term in the District 1 position, received nearly 61 percent, or 2,806 votes. Andrew Johnson, a former real estate agent, received 1,797 votes, or 39 percent.
Recent ballots show no big changes
Recent ballots show no big changes
A count of recently received ballots from last week's primary increased some candidates' leads and narrowed a few others but brought no changes in the lineup for the Nov. 8 general election.
Steve Young, Kennewick's Ward 3 councilman, still holds an easy two-to-one margin over the closest challenger, Loren Nichols, with 940 votes, for 62 percent.
Nichols, whose controversial stand against illegal immigration and call for Kennewick to be an English language-only city gave him media attention, earned nearly 26 percent, or 393 of the 1,523 ballots cast.
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