Across the political spectrum, Central Oregonians have commonalities in their perceptions of how government serves us. They generally want the government to support workforce development, mental health, child care, housing affordability, water management and lowering the cost of living.

Central Oregon voters weighed in on numerous other races in the May 21 primary election Tuesday. These results are early and unofficial.

Jefferson County

In the seven-way race for Jefferson County commissioner, Brandie D. McNamee was leading with 26.7% of votes followed by Seth Taylor with 25.0% in early, unofficial results. If those results hold, McNamee and Taylor will face off in the November general election.

A Jefferson County Rural Fire Protection District bond measure that would improve fire stations and purchase new equipment was passing Tuesday, according to unofficial results. Early returns show 56.8% percent of voters in favor of the bond.

Early results in the Madras Recreation District showed 55.4% of voters opposed to dissolving the current district and forming a new one.

Read more: See complete local election results at bendbulletin.com/elections

Crook County

Three candidates faced off in a race for Crook County commissioner. Early results show Seth Crawford leading with 43.6% of votes, followed by Ken A. Falgren with 40.1%. If one candidate gets more than 50% of the vote, that candidate wins the seat. If not, Crawford and Falgren will face off in November.

La Pine fire district

Voters in the La Pine Rural Fire Protection District looked to pass two levies. Initial results show 66.6% voters were in support of the five-year operations levy, while 65.4% of voters in the district also supported the 10-year capital levy.