Initial election results had Republicans Susan Fagan and Pat Hailey prevailing over three other candidates in Washington's 9th Legislative District primary race.

However, with more ballots waiting to be counted, Democrat Glen Stockwell still had a chance to squeak through to the general election.

In Washington's primary system, the top two vote-getters move on to the general election, regardless of party affiliation.

Fagan, a former public/governmental affairs manager at Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, led all candidates as of 10 p.m., with 5,357 votes, or almost 29 percent. She did particularly well in Asotin and Whitman counties, where she received more than a third of the total.

Hailey, the widow of former 9th District Rep. Steve Hailey, was in second place, with 4,769 votes. That was 75 votes more than Stockwell, but the Ritzville Democrat was leading all candidates in Spokane County, even though he didn't do any campaigning there. Consequently, he still has a chance to move into the top two after more mail-in ballots are counted.

Republicans Art Swannack of Lamont and Darin Watkins of Palouse were trailing, with 2,258 and 1,519 votes, respectively.

Clarkston voters also decided the city councilor race. Councilor Larry Baumberger cleared the primary with 44 percent of votes, and will face Monika Lawrence in the general election. Lawrence received 36 percent of votes, while Amanda Albrecht nearly hit 20 percent.

Lawrence said she will continue her door-to-door campaign and is hopeful she will be able to recover a majority of voters who went with Albrecht before November.

"I'm happy with the results," she said. "I'll continue to work hard and hopefully I'll be successful in beating the incumbent."

A bond levy that would have provided Garfield County with $2.5 million to restore its deteriorating courthouse fell short Tuesday at 56.09 percent, needing 60 percent to succeed.

Additional ballots will continue to be counted until Washington's certification date of Sept. 2.