No similar upset seemed imminent in the race for the top job of county executive. The incumbent, Dow Constantine, had a healthy lead over challenger Joe Nguyen in early returns Tuesday night, with Constantine winning 57.3% of the vote to Nguyen’s 41.6%.
If those results hold, Constantine will win a fourth term. (See the rest of the initial election results here.)
More ballots from the vote-by-mail election will be counted in the coming days, which will most likely cause results to shift.
Still, Constantine called the early results “a clear victory” for his campaign.
“Folks were ultimately expressing appreciation for the work we have done quietly and methodically at the
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