PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles City Council candidate LaTrisha Suggs flipped her race with challenger James Taylor, taking a 10-vote lead when general election ballot counts were updated Thursday.

Suggs, who had trailed by 24 votes after Wednesday’s count, had 1,814 votes (50.07 percent) as of Thursday. Taylor had 1,804 votes (49.79 percent) for the Position 1 seat.

The next count, which was set for 5 p.m. Friday, was after press time.

Clallam County reported a 31.29 percent voter turnout with 18,626 ballots counted out of 59,529 registered votes. There were an estimated 9,000 ballots left to count after Thursday’s update.

Meanwhile, Jefferson County reported a 50.05 percent voter turnout with 14,452 ballots counted out of 28,875 registered voters. There were an estimated 669 ballots left

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