Gales Creek's Brooke Gramer, Melinda Fischer coast to victory in Forest Grove Rural Fire Protection District race, while incumbent Gary Post held an early lead of 51.6% of the vote to challenger Ryan Wiley's 45.1%.
The May 16 special district wraps up Tuesday evening at 8 p.m., and according to the Washington County Elections division, 15.8% of eligible voters had returned a ballot as of Monday afternoon.
Readers of this newspaper can expect fact-based recounting of vote tallies as they are published. We do not call close races, avoiding incorrect and embarrassing moments such as those recently
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