Bill McCamley won today’s Second Congressional District Democratic preprimary contest, receiving almost 50 percent of the vote in a four-way race.
McCamley received 48.8 percent of the vote, while Harry Teague received 36.5 percent.
They’re the only candidates who received greater than 20 percent of the vote and qualified for the ballot. Al Kissling received about 13 percent of the vote, and Frank McKinnon received about 1 percent.
Update, 4:50 p.m.
McCamley said he is “thankful to the people of the second district for giving us the momentum to move forward strongly in this race.”
“The results today show that elections are about earning people’s votes. They’re not about trying to buy or strong-arm results,” he said. “We’re very happy that the people of the second district made it known that this election will not be for sale, and we’re going to keep fighting hard to be the nominee and be the next representative for