What Went Down During The May 17 Primary Elections

So earlier, I speculated McCormick might benefit as more votes from the Philadelphia “collar” counties came in. But it seems like Oz has now taken a narrow lead in the votes from those four counties, and a lot of votes are still remaining, mostly Election Day ballots at this point. McCormick seemed to do best among early votes, whereas Oz has led in Election Day votes, so this could prove to be more of a boon to Oz than McCormick.

And in the open 4th Congressional District, Val Hoyle has a HUGE lead, 70 percent to 15 percent, over the progressive candidate Doyle Canning. Results are still sparse in the other two closely watched districts, the 5th and 6th.

We’ve got the first dump of mail ballots in Oregon. In the Democratic primary for governor, Tina Kotek leads Tobias Read 59 percent to 32 percent. On the GOP side, Christine Drazan has 24 percent, Bob Tiernan 21 percent and Stan Pulliam 10 percent.