(The Center Square) – It will be early September before it’s known who will face Republican Jaime Herrera Beutler in the general election for state lands commissioner. As Washington’s 39 counties certified their primary vote counts on Tuesday, sending totals to the Secretary of State’s Office, only 51 votes separated King County Councilmember Dave Upthegrove, a Democrat, from Republican Sue Kuehl Pederson. Upthegrove’s razor-thin margin over Kuehl Pederson comes out of 1.9 million total votes, giving him a lead of .002684% for the second-place finish. Only the top two vote getters advance to t…