The fourth time was the charm for delivery driver Christopher Savage, who along with incumbent Spokane City Councilman Zack Zappone will almost certainly win the primary election for a city council seat representing Northwest Spokane.

Zappone enters the general election fight in a particularly comfortable position, winning 51.4% of the vote Tuesday night compared to 29.2% for Savage.

Private cigar lounge co-owner Cody Arguelles, who had signaled confidence heading into the Tuesday primary with a hefty campaign war chest and fairly frugal spending, received only 18.9% of the vote Tuesday night. While both challengers are conservatives hoping to unseat a member of the council’s liberal majority, Savage’s strategy of attending copious public events appears to have overcome Arguelles’ freque

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