Sparacino in the lead for GOP state senate nomination – Medford News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News

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Sparacino in the lead for GOP state senate nomination By Nick Morgan Updated: May 17, 2022 08:11 PM A A Medford’s mayor leads in race to challenge Oregon Sen. Jeff Golden this fall GOP voters have picked Medford’s mayor as the Republican challenger to face incumbent state senator Jeff Golden in the general election this fall. Randy Sparacino, Medford’s current mayor and retired police chief who served 29 years with Medford Police Department, was more than 50 points ahead of Talent artist and former aerospace engineer Kevin Christman in the race to be Republican voters’ nominee for Oregon’s District 3 state senate race, preliminary primary election results showed Tuesday evening. Sparacino had received 75.12% of the 7,847 votes tabulated in the race as of 8 p.m. Tuesday, according to early Jackson County Elections data, with preliminary results showing that Kevin Christman had received 1,911 votes — 24.35% of the vote — with and 41 votes going to write-in candidates. The results are preliminary. A complete count and certified election results are weeks away because the state now accepts mailed ballots up to seven days after polls close, provided they have a postmark of May 17 or earlier. This story will be updated.