Shelton-Mason County Journal - Dedicated to the citizens of Mason County, Washington since 1886

A second ballot count by the Mason County elections office on Wednesday afternoon saw no significant changes from Tuesday’s initial count.

Aside from a few minor percentage point shifts, no candidate leads changed from the initial count.

The closest race involves the Shelton City Council Position 5 race between Tom Gilmore and Mark Frazier. Gilmore leads 592 (51.08%) to 557 (48.06). There were 10 write-in votes. Gilmore led by 28 votes in the initial count.

Other close races include:

Shelton School Board Director District No. 2 where incumbent Lauren Gilmore leads challenger Andrew Wilfor...