Barack Obama may have won the Oregon Democratic presidential primary, but on the South Coast, Hillary Clinton was the top choice.

Combining votes tabulated in Coos, Curry and Douglas counties, the junior senator from New York received 15,012 votes, while the Illinois Democrat received 13,967.

The three coastal counties also bucked the trend in the voting on state measures. While Measures 51 and 52 passed handily around the state, Measure 53 won by a margin of fewer than 10,000 votes. It failed in all three South Coast counties, getting only 24,936 yes votes, to 35,950 against.

In Curry County, the general election race for the second seat on the county’s Board of Commissioners will pit Democrat Pat Piper against Republican George Rhodes. Rhodes defeated incumbent Marlyn Schafer for the Republican nomination, garnering 44 percent of the vote to 37 for Schafer.

Piper ran away with the Democratic vote, taking 62 percent of the vote while Daniel Somers attracted 36 percent.

The other commission seat will be contested this fall between Republican Bill Waddle and Democrat Steve Nagel. Waddle defeated Karl Popoff, 66 to 33, while Nagel ran unopposed.

In Coos County, voters opted against forming a Cammann Road Improvement District. The vote went 23 in favor and 29 opposed.

In Douglas County, Doug Robertson easily retained his Position No. 3 seat on the Douglas County Board of Commissioners, capturing 22,571 votes — 64 percent — in Tuesday’s primary election.

The next closest opponent to the now eight-term commissioner was Realtor Rich Raynor, who garnered 6,427 votes, or a little more than 18 percent. With more than 51 percent of the vote on his side, Robertson is the de facto winner and will avoid a runoff in the fall.

Raynor said Robertson’s longevity was a factor in the race.

“The guys been there for almost 30 years and some people just vote for familiarity,” Raynor said. “I really don’t think there was anything I could have done to change the outcome, although I think Folino and Ayer were not really serious candidates and they took votes I could have used.”

The World was unable to reach Robertson for comment at press time.

Also avoiding a November runoff was the race for the Position No. 1 seat as state legislator Susan Morgan unseated incumbent Marilyn Kittelman by capturing 20,514 votes for a winning percentage of 55.31.

“It was quite something to be involved in and I’m humbled at the amount of support that came out for me,” Morgan said.

There will be a November runoff for the office of Douglas County Sheriff, since despite leading the vote, John Hanlin failed to capture the required 51 percent of votes, getting just over 49 percent with a vote tally of 16,699.

Runner-up Mike Nores checked in with a tally of 12,029 votes, good for 35.75 percent.