SPOKANE, Wash. -- As votes continue to come in, Kate Telis is leading the race for Spokane City Council's open District 2 seat on Tuesday evening.

As of 9:14 p.m., Telis is leading the race with 60.78% of the vote, against candidate Alejandro Barrientos' 38.9%.

Both candidates are seeking to fill the seat most recently filled by Shelby Lambdin, who filled the vacancy left behind by former City Councilmember Lili Navarrete over the summer.

Barrientos, originally from Miami, Florida, has focused much of his platform on increasing affordable housing and an approach to public safety and Spokane's homeless crisis consistent with the . Prop 1 aimed to ban camping citywide with few exceptions, but failed to be enacted after the state Supreme Court said most of the proposition couldn't be enfor

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