PORT ANGELES — Clallam County auditor’s employee Patty Rosand seemed to be unseating her boss, Cathleen McKeown, Tuesday night.
Rosand led, 8,030 to 6,448, with 16,608 votes counted.
“I’m very happy,” Rosand said Tuesday night.
“I had a lot of support, and I’m honored that the voters supported me and my campaign.”
McKeown said, smiling, “I don’t have a comment. Talk to me Thursday.”
Thirty-eight percent of the 43,483 mail-in ballots sent out Oct. 18, were counted Tuesday night. Most of those ballots were received on or before Friday.
There were 9,324 additional ballots in hand but not processed. An undetermined number of ballots were collected from drop boxes at 8 p.m. More than 2,500 ballots are expected to come in by mail today and Thursday.
Ballots will be counted again by 4:30 p.m. Thursday.
Not all ballots on hand will be counted then, said Rosand, election coordinator.
“We’ll do as many as we can,” she said.
Ballots had to be postmarked on or before Tuesday.
