As of 5:43 p.m., Nov. 6, with 124,254 votes counted, Joe Wilson has the lead in the Snohomish County Superior Court Judge Position 2 race with 49,622 votes for 39.94 percent of the vote, and the other candidates seemed ready to acknowledge him as the victor by Nov. 4.

David Hulbert received 19,859 votes for 15.98 percent of the vote.

Rico Tessandore received 37,617 votes for 30.27 percent of the vote. He congratulated Wilson, but also considered his own campaign successful as a first effort.

Tessandore and Scott Peterson, who received 10,028 votes for 8.07 percent of the vote, both praised The Marysville Globe and The Arlington Times for publishing question-and-answer articles with responses from all the candidates.

Scott Lord received 6,430 votes for 5.17 percent of the vote.