UPDATE: Shewmake leads Sefzik in LD42 senator race

Rule, Timmons also lead in state representative elections By Bill Helm Editor WHATCOM — With more than 84,000 ballots counted and approximately 23,000 more to be counted, Sharon Shewmake, a Democrat, is ahead of Simon Sefzik, a Republican, in her quest to become the next Legislative District 42 Senator for Washington. With a margin of…