State Senate and House races

With most precincts reporting, Jonathan Lindsey appears to have defeated incumbent Kim LaSata in the Republican race for State Senate District 17.

By late Tuesday, Lindsey had a margin of 61 percent of the vote to LaSata’s 39 percent.

Meanwhile, Steve Carra was on his way to re-election to the Republican nomination for the State House District 36 seat.

As of late Tuesday, Carra held a lead of 41 percent of the vote in the four-man race over his closest opponent, Jerry Solis, who had 22 percent of the vote. Scott McGraw and Jack Coleman were in third and fourth places.