The Nov. 5 election may seem over, but the Clark County Elections Office is still hard at work counting every ballot.
The latest update from the elections office, released Saturday, shows several local races are, even now, incredibly tight.
- The two candidates in the 18th District Senate race are less than 300 votes apart. Democrat Adrian Cortes is leading with 41,005 votes (50.04 percent) to Republican Brad Benton’s 40,773 (49.75 percent) — a 232-vote differential.
- Meanwhile, Republican John Ley is pulling ahead in his race against Democrat John Zingale to represent the 18th Legislative District, Position 2, in the House. Ley has 41,498 votes (50.86 percent) to Zingale’s 39,950 (48.97 percent).
- In the 17th Legislative District Senate race, Republican Paul Harris is still leading Democrat Martha Keethler. Harris has 42,390 votes (51.15 percent) to Keethler’s 40,368 (48.71 percent).
- Republican David Stuebe leads Democrat Terri Niles to represent the 17th Legislative District, Position 2, in the House. Stuebe has 41,412 votes (50.44 percent), while Niles has 40,544 (49.38 percent.)
- Matt Little has taken the lead in the Clark County Council District 4 election, though the two candidates are still extremely close in the vote count. Little is leading with 23,213 votes (49.67 percent), compared to Joe Zimmerman’s 23,163 votes (49.57 percent). The men are just 50 votes apart.
- The city of Vancouver’s Proposition 4 — to increase funding for more law enforcement officers — is failing with 41,715 voters (52.31 percent) rejecting it.
The Clark County Elections office said Saturday it still had around 6,000 votes left to count. The next update will be Tuesday at 4 p.m.
