Sheila Jakubik and Christina Wakefield will remain in the running for a seat on the Bainbridge Island School Board.

In the first vote tally announced on Election Night, Jakubik had 51.6 percent of all ballots cast, with Wakefield collecting 27.6 percent.

Jesse Burns was trailing in third place, with 20.6 percent of the initial vote tally.

The top two candidates will advance to November’s General Election.

The count late Tuesday was 1,951 for Jakubik; 1,045 votes for Wakefield; and 778 votes for Burns.

Jakubik, the current school board president, is seeking to retain her seat. In the lead-up to Tuesday’s primary, Jakubik said her experience would be a key element in her ability to work with the board in the coming term.

Burns is a Harvard-educated strategy consultant who grew up on the island and graduated from Bainbridge High. Burns recently moved back to his hometown with his wife and two children and is looking to bring his professional experience working with schools to the board table.

Wakefield is the mother of a first-grader in the Bainbridge Island School District. She has worked as an adviser for global health with the Manoff Group, a team leader with USAID and as a research associate with the World Health Organization.

In the other contest on the primary ballot for Bainbridge, Joe Deets was leading in the race for the District 7, North Ward city council seat.

Kevin Fetterly was trailing in second.

The initial count was 55.8 percent (671 votes) for Deets, and 24.6 percent (296 votes) for Fetterly.

Also on the ballot was J. Mack Pearl, who stepped out of the race but not in time to have his name removed from the ballot).

Pearl picked up 18.8 percent (226 votes) of the first tally of ballots on Election Night.