Rick Hughes has beat Scott Lancaster in the race for county council seat Orcas West.

Hughes has 68 percent of the vote while Lancaster came in with 32 percent.There are 2,000 ballots left to count. Voter turnout was 73.86 percent.

The next ballot count is on Nov. 9 at 5 p.m.

“I am very excited and thrilled and honored to have that much support,” Hughes said. “Scott is a good guy and we ran a good campaign.”

Passage of Prop. 1 means that the terms of three newly elected council members, who will take office in January, will end in May. A countywide election will take place in April to elect three council members, each of whom must reside in one of three respective legislative districts.