Primary election vote count update

The latest vote count in the Aug. 3 primary election took place Aug. 9 and saw voter turnout climb to 27% of Lincoln County’s registered voters. Adam Walser, running unopposed for the unexpired term of Lincoln County Prosecuting Attorney, received 2,045 votes or 97.01% of the total. There were 63 write-in votes cast (2.99%). Total votes cast were 2,108.

The only other race on Odessa ballots was for the Town of Odessa’s Councilman No. 4 position, where Alberto Reyes led the race with 162 votes (64.03%), followed by Amanda Wallace with 62 votes (24.51%) and Ryan Frick with 27 votes (10.67%). Wri...