Sherrie Sprenger won the Republican nomination in a four-way race for state House District 17 while Will Tucker defeated Michael Spasaro in the only county commissioner race contested in the primary election on May 20.
Incumbent Sprenger received 3,145 votes, 48 percent, to defeat Bruce Cuff with 1,481 votes, 22.6 percent; Marc Lucca, 870 votes, 13.28 percent; and Linn County Commissioner Cliff Wooten, 1,048, 16 percent.
She will face Democrat Dan Thackaberry of Lebanon in the general election in November. Thackaberry was unopposed in the Democrat primary. He previously ran for the seat against Fred Girod, who later was appointed to Senate District 9.
House District 17 includes the Sweet Home, Lebanon, Stayton and North Santiam Canyon areas.
Tucker received 5,984 votes, 62.8 percent, to defeat Spasaro, who received 3,511 votes, 36.85 percent, for Linn County Commissioner position three, the seat currently held by Wooten. Tucker will face Gordon Kirbey Jr., who was unopposed in the Democrat primary, in November.
Republican incumbent Roger Nyquist and Democrat Pete Boucot both ran unopposed in the primary and will face each other in November.
In Senate District 9, incumbent Fred Girod won the Republican nomination with 9,197 votes, 77.65 percent. Sarah Arcune received 1,397 votes, 11.8 percent. Herman Joseph Baurer received 1,186 votes, 10.01 percent.
Bob McDonald won the Democrat primary for District 9 with 6,811 votes, 61.28 percent. Steven H. Frank received 4,248 votes, 38.22 percent.
Senate District 9 includes House District 17 and stretches north to Molalla.
Democrat incumbent Phil Barnhart, unopposed in the primary for House District 11, will be unopposed in the fall. His district includes the Sweet Home area southwest of the city limits and stretches into the Springfield area.
For the Fourth Congressional District, Democrat incumbent Peter A. DeFazio was unopposed in the primary and will be unopposed in November.
Linn County had 59,888 registered voters, including 21,898 Democrats, 23,768 Republicans and 14,222 nonpartisan voters.
Total turnout was 51.96 percent, with Democrats turning out 70.86 percent of their voters,
Republicans turning out 51.48 percent and nonpartisan voters turning out at 23.65 percent.