Incumbents stand strong in Hill County

Editor's note: This version corrects the returns from Public Service Commission District 1 and notes that all precincts are not counted. It also adds the results from house districts 27 and 32 and from Blaine County.

8:50 a.m. - With all the precincts counted in Hill County, the unofficial tally shows several incumbents maintaining their seats, the tally throughout the state showing likely victors in some open seats and some races still too close to call.

With 100 provisional ballots yet to be counted, Hill County Commissioner Mark Peterson, a Democrat, fended off a strong challenge from indep...