The UCP's Dale Nally has earned 1,235 votes out of the 1,969 votes reported so far in the race, or 62.7 per cent of the votes cast. The NDP's Karen Shaw has 669 votes so far, or 34 per cent of the votes cast.
Four-term Sturgeon County councillor Karen Shaw has 8,987 votes counted so far, giving Nally 52 per cent of the vote and leaving Shaw with 42 per cent of the vote.
Healthcare, education and rural services were all front-and-centre issues during the Morinville-St. Albert provincial election all-candidates debate last week.