The primary election vote totals in Washington’s 8th district have Democrats excited about gaining a seat in Congress but it’s way too early for them to celebrate.

As of late Friday, Democrat Darcy Burner led incumbent Rep. Dave Reichert by 1,288 votes out of a total 86,038. Since voters had to declare a party affiliation in order to vote, the results suggest that there is broad support for Democrats in the district. In 2004 the suburban Seattle district voted Democrat for president and U.S. Senate but also for Reichert. It earlier elected Republican Jennifer Dunn to Congress six times.

Democrats say Burner did well in the Republican-leaning rural part of the district and is “virtually assured victory” if she does the same in November. Republicans point out why it’s too early to annoint a winner. In 2004, three Democratic candidates got a total 9,027 more votes than the four Republican candidates. But Reichert won by 5 percentage points in November.