Ramiro Valderrama isn’t going anywhere. His thumping in the Aug. 2 primary for State House in the 45th legislative district means Valderrama will remain on the Sammamish City Council for the next two years.
Here are the election night returns for the Aug. 2 primary for those legislative races involving Sammamish.
Sammamish is covered by parts of the 5th LD (the Klahanie area); the 41st LD (basically south of SE 8th St.); and the 45th (basically north of SE 8th St.).
Election night returns typically are within a point or two of the final returns, which are reported about three weeks later to allow for absentees and overseas (military) votes to be returned. The primary whittles down those races where more than two candidates appear on the ballot. In state races, even when there are only two candidates on the ballot, the race is run in the primary.
The primary outcome is a good indicator of the November election results.
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