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Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
DAVENPORT—It took a week of vote-counting, but Brian Telford will be Gabe Gants’ opponent in the race for Lincoln County Sheriff in the November general election.
Telford, a retired lawman who was most recently Chief Criminal Deputy in Lincoln County, secured his spot by slightly extending his slim second-place lead over Reardan Police Chief Andy Manke in each of the three counts that occurred in the past 10 days.
As of the last major count on Tuesday, Aug. 9, Telford led Manke 990 votes to 849 votes with less than 50 ballots estimated left to tally, according to the Lincoln County Auditor’s Office.
Telford led Manke by just 66 votes upon the first count on Election Night Aug. 2.
“I thought I would’ve had more votes,” Telford said. “(But) I told (voters) I love where I live and I mean it when I say I’m a crime-fighter.”
Gants was by far the highest vote-getter with 2,259, or 50.2%. Jeff Barden had 258 votes and Adam Johnson had 114 votes. 30 write-ins were recorded.
Both candidates advancing out of the top-two primary are from Davenport and have extensive experience in the Sheriff’s Office.
Drew Lawson is the editor of the Davenport Times. He is a graduate of Eastern Washington University.
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