Politics & Government

UPDATE: Kirkland State Reps Goodman, Springer Maintain Primary Leads

In early returns Goodman took 48.81 percent of the 45th District Position 1 votes while Springer led the Position 2 race with 55.64 percent.

UPDATE, Aug. 8, 4:40 p.m.: Counts just released by King County Elections show little change in results issued after Tuesday's primary, with Kirkland's incumbent state legislators still ahead in the race for spots in the Nov. 7 general election. With 19,255 of 84,702 registered voters counted, and a low turnout expected, Democrat Roger Goodman boosted his lead slightly for the 45th District Position 1 seat, with 48.94 percent of the votes, to 44 percent for Republican challenger Joel Hussey of Redmond. In the race for the Position 2 seat, Democrat Larry Springer took 55.8 percent of the vote to Republican challenger Jim Thatcher of Redmond's 44 percent.

----

Original story:

Find out what's happening in Woodinvillewith free, real-time updates from Patch.

Early returns in Tuesday’s primary election show Kirkland’s two incumbent state representatives, Larry Springer and Roger Goodman, maintaining comfortable leads over their opponents.

With just 19.25 percent of the 45th Legislative District’s 41,702 voters counted (a low voter turnout is expected), Democrat Springer held 55.64 percent of the votes counted for the Position 2 seat to 44.24 percent for his only opponent, Republican newcomer Jim Thatcher of Redmond. Since the top two move on to the Nov. 7 general election, Springer and Thatcher will face each other again.

In the Position 1 race, Goodman took 48.81 percent of the votes counted to 44 percent for his Republican opponent Joel Hussey of Redmond. Democratic candidate Jacob Bond trailed with just 7.1 percent, making it all but certain that Goodman will face Hussey again on Nov. 7.

Patch will update this story as soon as possible with more details.

Find out what's happening in Woodinvillewith free, real-time updates from Patch.

----

Who do you support in the general election? Tell us in the comments box!


Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.

We’ve removed the ability to reply as we work to make improvements. Learn more here

More from Woodinville