Primary Results

Wed., Sept. 20, 2000

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U.S. SENATE

Democrats - 54 percent of votes

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Maria Cantwell 248,127 37%

Deborah Senn 80,013 12%

Barbara Lampert 10,573 2%

Robert Medley 9,354 1%

Republicans - 54 percent of vote

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Slade Gorton 297,911 44%

Warren Hanson 10,449 2%

Ken McCandless 7,061 1%

June Riggs 5,985 1%

U.S. REPRESENTATIVE

5th District

Democrats - 76 percent of vote

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Tom Keefe 20,179 22%

Tommy Flynn 10,325 11%

Republicans - 76 percent of vote

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George Nethercutt 39,826 44%

Richard Clear 17,827 20%

GOVERNOR

Democrats - 54 percent of vote

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Gary Locke 373,124 55%

Meta Heller 17,779 3%

Republicans - 54 percent of vote

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John Carlson 225,471 33%

Harold Hochstatter 53,217 8%

SPOKANE COUNTY COMMISSIONER District 1

Democrats - Final, unofficial

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John Roskelley 10,367 40%

Cliff Cameron 4,426 17%

Republicans - Final, unofficial

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Karl Wilkinson 6,915 27%

Bill Sprague 3,941 15%

SPOKANE COUNTY COMMISSIONER District 2

Republicans - Final, unofficial

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Kate McCaslin 12,888 50%

Sylvia Riddle 5,792 23%

In general election will face Democrat Bill Burke, who received 6,902 votes.

CITY OF SPOKANE MAYOR

Final, unofficial

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John Powers 14,703 40%

John Talbott 11,547 32%

Jim West 9,509 26%

Robert Kroboth 592 2%

STATE REPRESENTATIVE District 6, Position 2

Democrats - Final, unofficial

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Jack Geraghty 9.827 40%

Ron Wasson 3,703 15%

Republicans - Final, unofficial

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John Ahern 7,355 30%

Monty Cobb 3,033 12%

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