The incumbent for district attorney was unseated in Tuesday’s elections, while the incumbent for state representative will be heading to the general elections in November and county commissioner will face a run-off.
Current District Attorney for District 23 Adam Panter lost his bid for re-election to Daniel McClure with Panter getting 47.34 percent of the votes and McLure getting 52.66 percent. As there are no candidates filed in other parties, the position was decided in the primaries.
State Representative for District 32 Jim Shaw kept a clear lead over challenger Jack Vaughn in the Republican primary, eventually maintaining his seat with 65.13 percent of the votes to Vaughn’s 34.87 percent. He will face off against Independent Andy Brown in November.
The Republican candidates for County Commissioner for District 3 will have a run-off between incumbent Lee Doolen and (47.09 percent) and David Armitage (38.58 percent).
As of 9:30 p.m. with one precinct remaining, incumbent State Senator for District 28 Grant Green was ahead of challenger Robert Trimble by 60 votes. With the margin so close, there is a chance it could go to a recount. The winner of the Republican primary will face Democrat Kevin Conner in November.
The proposition for the City of Prague passed by a large margin, with 77.58 percent of voters choosing yes to 22.42 percent voting no.
In statewide races, not all results were final or clear. State Question 832 to raise the minimum wage saw 56.86 percent of voters against and 43.14 percent for as of 9:30 p.m.
For governor, the Republicans will go to a runoff, likely between Gentner Drummond and Mike Mazzei, who led in votes as of 9:30 p.m. The winner of that race will go up against Democrat Cyndi Munson, who won the primary by a large margin.
In the attorney general race, Jon Echols was ahead as of 9:15 p.m. The winner of the Republican primary will face Nick Coffey from the Democratic Party.
In the lieuntenant governor race, T.W. Shannon was far ahead of other Republican candidates with over 50 percent of the votes as of 9:30 p.m. One Democratic candidate has filed for that race, Kelly Forbes.
For state superintendent of instruction, the Republican Party will have a run-off, likely between Robert Franklin and James Taylor, who were the two in the lead as of 9:15 p.m. Jennettie Marshall was in the lead for the Democrat primary at the same time.