11:04 PM: Spanbauer wins 53rd AD GOP primary
Richard Spanbauer won the Republican primary in the 53rd Assembly District to replace retiring GOP Rep. Carol Owens.
With 100 percent of the vote in, Spanbauer had 1,115 votes, or 35 percent, while Mike Hatch had 994 votes, or 31 percent; Mike Christianson had 604 votes, or 19 percent; Cecil Streeter had 469 votes, or 14 percent; and Jacob Burns had 25 votes, or 1 percent.
Spanbauer will be favored to beat Dem Jeff Mann in the heavily Republican district.
-- By JR Ross
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