Gubernatorial primary analysis

REPUBLIC — A Monday, Aug. 10, update from the Secretary of State’s Office shows Republican gubernatorial frontrunner Loren Culp picking up another Western Washington county — Grays Harbor — in last week’s primary election.

Meanwhile, he ceded a smaller county to another conservative candidate, Raul Garcia, who now claims two counties.

Those candidates, and more than 30 others, trail incumbent Democrat Gov. Jay Inslee in the Aug. 4 contest. Only the Top 2 advance to the November general election.

While the shift in counties continues to narrow the gap in their effort to unseat Inslee, it won’t...