Hensley, Hauge have comfortable leads in fire district races

East County fire district races have wide margins.

Dale Hensley in Fire District 2 and Doug Hauge in Fire District 5 look headed to easy victories in East County races.

Hensley has 71 percent or 687 of the votes counted as of Tuesday night. His opponent, Paul Dean, has 277 votes.

Hauge’s advantage is 463 votes to Koski’s 248. Hauge has receive 64 percent so far.

None of the four candidates could be reached for comment Tuesday night.