I thank all who turned in their ballots in the Tuesday primary elections, but remain very disappointed in so many not bothering to participate. Of the 234,411 ballots mailed out, only 71,951 have been received back at the time of this writing. That amounts to 30.69%, far less than the 38% first predicted, which itself is poor.
While some still may trickle in from further out in the county, I expect few differences in what races have already determined which two candidates move-on to the November 6 General.
A few surprises and disappointments, but overall the votes seem to have gone fairly close as I expected, even though I did not issue any predictions.
For U.S. Senate, I was disappointed to see Art Coday finish so far behind as I expected him to do better. I did not expect him to win, especially in Clark County, but believed he would show better. I can live with Baumgartner taking on Cantwell and also know he has his work cut out for him.
