Francis Benjamin maintained his comfortable lead over incumbent Al Sorensen in the race for the Pullman City Council Ward 1 seat as of Wednesday evening.
With an estimated 60 percent of Whitman County ballots counted, Benjamin has 837 votes to Sorensen’s 344. The county’s results will be updated again Friday evening. It is not clear how many votes from Pullman’s Ward 1 are still to be counted. Benjamin is an information systems coordinator at Washington State University and also teaches real estate there. He previously served on the Pullman City Council from 2003-15. Sorensen served on the council from 2005-07, and currently holds the Ward 1 seat.
Dan Records and Megan Guido ran unopposed for the two other open seats on the Pullman City Council.
In the Pullman School District 4 race, Nathan Roberts, with 1,318 votes, also continues to lead Carolina Silva, with 703 votes. In the Pullman School District 5 race, Amanda Tanner ran unopposed. (Lewiston Tribune)
