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August 18, 2008 · Updated 3:07 PM 

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The Aug. 19 top-two primary election featured four Bothell residents: Rosemary McAuliffe, Mark Ericks, Margaret Wiggins and Dennis Richter.

• Sen. McAuliffe (D) and Richter (R) are state-senator Legislative District No. 1 candidates.

• Rep. Ericks (D) is the sole Legislative District No. 1 Position 2 candidate.

• Wiggins (no party preference) is running against Rep. Maralyn Chase (D) and Alex Rion (G.O.P.) for the top two Legislative District No. 32 Position 1 spots into November’s general election.

• In other local election news, Rep. Al O’Brien (D) is the sole Legislative District No. 1 Position 1 candidate.

Rep. Ruth Kagi (D) is the sole Legislative District No. 32 Position 2 candidate.

District 1 includes Bothell and District 32 includes Kenmore.

In the top-two primary, voters didn’t have to pick a party and were able to choose among all candidates for each office. In each race, the two candidates with the most votes will advance to the November general election.

For information on results, visit www.kingcounty.gov/elections/

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