Most office holders in the Valley are seeing strong support in early results from the Aug. 4 primary election. Incumbents in Carnation, the Snoqualmie Valley Hospital district, and one North Bend City Council seat all have a strong majority of votes in the count as of Thursday, Aug. 6.

So far, the hospital commissioner races have seen the greatest turnout. For Position 1 in Public Hospital District 4, incumbent David Speikers has the most votes, 1,621, or 39.37 percent in the race. Next is Fritz Ribary, with 1,306 votes or 31.72 percent, followed by Tim Noonan, with 1,180 votes and 28.66 percent. Joan Young is also likely to defend her seat, Position 5 in November, with 1,697 votes in the primary to date, or 42.2 percent. Steve Weaver is second, with 1,219  votes, 30.32 percent, and Bruno Kelpsas is trailing with 1,091 votes, 27.13 percent. There were 10 write-in votes for Position 1 and 14 for Position 5, too.

In North Bend, two of the four city council seats up for election in November are in three-way races. Councilman Dee Williamson is second in votes for his Position 3 seat, with 225votes, 24.4 percent. He is behind Trevor Kostanich, who has 493 votes, 53.47 percent. Rich Wiltshire is third, with 128 votes, 13.88 percent, and and Piper Muoio has 70 votes, almost 8 percent. In the race for Position 7, currently held by Ryan Kolodejchuk, Martin Volken has 493 votes, or 51.52 percent. Judy Bilanko is second, with 249 votes, or 26.02 percent, and Kolodejchuck is third, with 211 votes, 22.05 percent. Six write-in votes were cast for Position 3, and four for Position 7.

Incumbent Fred Bereswill is leading in votes for his seat, Position 1 on the Carnation City Council. He has 100 votes, or 42 percent. His closest challenger is Steve McFall, with 74 votes, 31 percent. Challenger Jeff Lim has 63 votes, 26.5 percent. Position 5 front-runners Dustin Green and Ernest Fix are separated by only six votes. Green has 86 votes, 36 percent, and Fix has 81 votes, 34 percent. Mike Flowers trails with 70 votes, 29.41 percent. One write-in vote was also cast for each seat.

The top two vote-getters in each race will win listings on the Nov. 3 general election ballot, but results determining those two won’t be finalized until Aug. 18.

King County election results are updated daily at www.kingcounty.gov/elections.