Randy Dorn, Washington State’s current superintendent of public instruction, is leading the pack of contenders for the position.

Dorn has a massive lead in the first vote tally.

Surging past fellow candidates with 49.8 percent of the votes so far, Dorn has taken in 144,618 votes. The next closest candidate out of five total is Ronald Higgins coming in at 18.8 percent, or 54,593 votes total.