Gary Coons continues to lead in North Coast, as he has since the first ballot boxes were counted before 8:30 pm.At this point, he is racking up a substantial lead, although it's too early to call as most polls have not yet reported.Results at 9:45 pm, with 17 out of 67 polls reporting, are as followsGary Coons705 votes, 59 percentHerb Pond351 votes, 29 percentLisa Girbav135 votes, 11 percentNext update at 10:00 pm.