NORTH HAVERHILL — A 30-year-old Littleton, N.H., police officer looks to have won a three-way race to become the Democratic nominee for Grafton County sheriff, defeating the department’s No. 2 deputy and leading inside candidate who had the outgoing sheriff’s endorsement.

Jill Myers, a special investigator with the Littleton Police Department, received a total of 4,049 votes compared to 3,424 votes for Eric James, a veteran Grafton County deputy and the department’s No. 2 officer, according to preliminary results reported by the New Hampshire Secretary of State’s Office late Friday afternoon.

Michael Tamulonis, a part-time deputy who had retired from the sheriff’s department in 2021 after a 17-year career, received a total of 1,476 votes.

Todd Matthew Eck, the sole Republican primary candidate who is a former police officer in Haverhill and deputy sheriff and now the police chief in Bath, N.H., received a total of 5,541 votes.

“I’d like to thank my supporters!” Myers said in an email to the Valley News. “I am thrilled to continue my campaign to be Grafton County’s first female Sheriff! I am dedicated to serving the State of New Hampshire, Grafton County and all of the wonderful people I get to share it with.”

In Lebanon, Myers received a total of 730 votes across the city’s three wards, compared to a total of 615 votes for James and a total of 187 votes for Tamulonis.

In Hanover, Myers received 582 votes versus 560 for James and 125 for Tamulonis.

Myers, who grew up in Landaff, N.H., campaigned on a platform of closer “regional” sharing of resources with other local area law enforcement agencies and for the need of the sheriff’s office to launch a digital communications outreach program to the public.

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All three candidates also talked about the need to better process the sheriff department’s outstanding arrest warrants, although the backlog of unexecuted arrest warrants has come down significantly in recent years, according to outgoing Sheriff Jeff Stiegler.

Contact John Lippman at jlippman@vnews.com.