Gov. Jay Inslee leads primary election results in race for Washington state governor, Loren Culp leads Republicans

Gov. Jay Inslee took the lead in the Aug. 4 primary Tuesday, with small-town police Chief Loren Culp running a distant second, but well ahead of the other Republican challengers.

In Tuesday’s count, Inslee took 52% of votes in the 36-candidate primary field. Culp received about 17%, with initiative sponsor Tim Eyman and former Bothell Mayor Joshua Freed at about 7% each.

Hundreds of thousands more ballots remain to be counted in the coming days. The top two vote recipients will face off in the Nov. 3 general election.