The race between an incumbent and an educator for a District 10 state representative seat remains very close as of Thursday night’s ballot count.

But in other local races, the margins between opponents have changed little since the initial count on election night. The North Whidbey Pool, Park and Recreation District levy is still looking like it will pass.

Incumbent State Rep. Dave Hayes, R-Camano, continues to trail Democratic candidate Dave Paul, of Oak Harbor, by 1 percent, or 550 votes. Hayes has 27,959 ballots cast in his favor and Paul has 28,509.

Paul was ahead by about 0.2 percent on election night. A recount won’t be necessary, however, unless the difference is less than a half of 1 percent and there’s fewer than 2,000 votes dividing the candidates, according to Island County Elections Supervisor Michelle Reagan.

She estimates that there’s 3,200 ballots left to count. Voter turnout was 67 percent.

While Paul received more votes in Island and Skagit counties, Snohomish County voters chose Hayes by a healthy margin of 18 percent. Hayes is a sergeant in the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office.

Rep. Norma Smith, R-Clinton, remains about 5 percent ahead of her Democratic challenger, Scott McMullen, of Mount Vernon.

Lane Campbell, candidate for Island County sheriff, closed the gap between he and Rick Felici by a couple of percent points, but it appears unlikely that Campbell can surpass Felici’s lead.

Felici has captured about 58 percent of the vote and Campbell has 42 percent. Precinct results show that Felici did well among voters in Central and South Whidbey, as well as Camano Island.

Campbell was popular with North Whidbey and Oak Harbor voters. Both men are Republicans.

Likewise, Democrat Janet St. Clair remains ahead of incumbent Island County Commissioner Rick Hannold, a Republican, by a comfortable margin.

She has about 53 percent of the vote and Hannold has 47 percent.

St. Clair raised about $92,000 in donations, which is a sizeable amount for an Island County commissioner campaign. It was about three times what Hannold collected.

Precinct results show that Hannold, a North Whidbey resident, did well on his home turf. St. Clair had a higher portion of the votes from Central Whidbey and South Whidbey.

In the City of Langley, St. Clair garnered 664 votes while Hannold received just 120.

The vote count on Camano was close between the two commissioner candidates.