MOHAVE COUNTY – Three first time candidates for Mohave County Supervisor lead their republican party contests Wednesday morning. Tuesday primary election tallies are preliminary and unofficial with ballot processing to continue for a number of days.
State senator Sonny Borrelli is on his way to unseating District 3 incumbent Buster Johnson, first elected to the board in 1996. Borrelli has more than 69% of the vote and leads Johnson by 2,598 (4,663-2,065).
Rich Lettman and Don Martin lead closer battles in the GOP contests in supervisoral districts 2 and 4. Lettman is 146 votes ahead of Grace Hecht in District 2, followed by Scotty McClure (1,916, 1,770 and 876).
Don Martin has a 196 vote lead in the most crowded field in District 4:
Don Martin 1,269
Jennifer Esposito 1,073
Marianne Salem 987
Gilbert Smaby 915
Logan Marsh 622
Steven Robinson 608
Bill Andrews 477
Marcus Neal 215
Incumbent Travis Lingenfelter (2,742) leads challenger Shawn Meisner (2,000) by 742 votes in District 1. District 5 incumbent Ron Gould (4,569) is ahead of Catherine Lopez-Rajaniemi (1,364) and Christopher Morgan (907).
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