COLFAX — Incumbents Sen. Mark G. Schoesler and Rep. Mary Dye are leading the races for 9th Legislative District positions.

Schoesler, R-Ritzville, is running unopposed after Democratic candidate Jenn Goulet dropped out of the race. Schoesler received 7,805 votes in the first count, and Goulet 6,077 votes.

Dye of Pomeroy, the Position No. 1 lawmaker, is running against Libertarian Brett Borden.

Dye leads with 8,824 votes; Borden trails with 4,071 votes after the first count.

Meanwhile in the Position No. 2 race in the same district, Rep. Joe Schmick ran unopposed as a Republican candidate. He gathered 10,370 votes in the first count, according to the Whitman County Elections Office.