PORT ANGELES — Election officials counted 5,807 more ballots on Thursday, with no significant changes to any of the races.
There are still 8,276 late-arriving mail-in ballots that still need to be processed and counted.
The Auditor’s Office and other public employees are taking off today as their Veterans Day holiday.
The next vote count will be released Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.
The election will be certified Nov. 28.
Officials have now tallied 22,415 ballots out of 43,483 sent to registered Clallam County voters.
With the uncounted ballots, the turnout in Clallam County was about 70.6 percent.
Jefferson County had a 74.6 percent turnout.
* In the home county of the two candidates for the 24th District state House of Representatives seat, Sequim Democrat Kevin Van De Wege trails incumbent Rep. Jim Buck, R-Joyce 10,844, or 49.22 percent, to Buck’s 11,189, or 50.78 percent.
However, district-wide, Van De Wege still leads by a healthy margin, 23,816, or 54 percent, to Buck’s 20,264, or 46 percent.
Election night numbers showed Van De Wege leading district-wide by almost 10 percent.
Jefferson County’s tally Thursday showed a Van De Wege landslide, with the firefighter/paramedic from Sequim leading Buck 9,397, or 61.42 percent, to 5,885, or 38.47 percent.
Buck has conceded the race.
The 24th District includes Clallam, Jefferson and parts of Grays Harbor counties.
* Bill Benedict’s lead over Sheriff Joe Martin grew slightly after Thursday’s count. Bennett, a Clallam County sheriff’s sergeant, has won the election and will be the new sheriff.
New numbers show Bennett with 13,765, or 66.27 percent, to Martin’s 7,006, or 33.73 percent.
Election night numbers showed Benedict leading by more than 31 percent.
* Patty Rosand won the race for Clallam County auditor against incumbent Cathleen McKeown.
Thursday’s numbers show Rosand, who works for Rosand as elections supervisor, leading 11,125, or 56.64 percent, to McKeown’s 8,517, or 43.36 percent.
* The Quillayute Valley Park and Recreation District special election levy to pay for pool operations is dead, with “yes” votes lagging 50.36 percent to 49.64 percent.
Tax measures are required to get 60 percent of the vote to pass.
* The Port Angeles special election levy to build an aquatics center is also dead, 32.86 percent to 67.14 percent.
* The Sequim School District special election to reorganize the school board has won, with 69.51 percent voting “yes,” compared to the 30.49 percent voting “no.”
