Election results remain unchanged

Election results continued to hold from initial returns following additional ballot counts this week.

In Clallam County, about 8,000 ballots remained to be counted on Wednesday. Voter turnout was at 68.2 percent, with 40,222 ballots counted out of 58,988 registered voters.

The county was scheduled to release updated figures at 5 p.m. Thursday.

In Jefferson County, there were 6,316 ballots that remained to be counted Wednesday. Voter turnout was at 57.6 percent, with 16,453 ballots counted out of 28,587 registered voters.

Statewide, voter turnout was at 58.6 percent, with 2,940,105 ballots counted out of 5,018,809 registered voters.

There were 783,266 ballots still to be counted by Wednesday afternoon.

Here’s a breakdown of races statewide and those on the North Olympic Peninsula:

Federal

President

Kamala Harris/Tim Walz 1,694,864 58.2 percent

Donald J. Trump/JD Vance 1,130,911 38.8 percent

U.S. Senator

Maria Cantwell 1,702,728 59.7 percent

Dr. Raul Garcia 1,143,715 40.1 percent

6th Congressional District

Emily Randall 183,754 57.1 percent

Drew C MacEwen 137,606 42.8 percent

State executive

Governor

Bob Ferguson 1,618,553 56.1 percent

Dave Reichert 1,259,618 43.7 percent

Lt. Governor

Denny Heck 1,603,915

56.5 percent

Dan Matthews 1,234,193 43.4 percent

Secretary of State

Steve Hobbs 1,686,642 59.6 percent

Dale Whitaker 1,141,727 40.3 percent

State Treasurer

Mike Pellicciotti 1,628,088 57.8 percent

Sharon Hanek 1,185,663 42.1 percent

State Auditor

Pat McCarthy 1,645,304 58.5 percent

Matt Hawkins 1,162,301 41.4 percent

Attorney General

Pete Serrano 1,231,247 43.8 percent

Nick Brown 1,578,761 56.1 percent

Commissioner of Public Lands

Jaime Herrera Beutler 1,314,345 46.8 percent

Dave Upthegrove 1,485,464 52.9 percent

Superintendent of Public Instruction

Chris Reykdal 1,335,610 53.4 percent

David Olson 1,152,439 46.1 percent

Insurance Commissioner

Patty Kuderer 1,586,683 57.1 percent

Phil Fortunato 1,189,615 42.8 percent

Legislative

24th Legislative District

Senator

Mike Chapman 39,882 55.8 percent

Marcia Kelbon 31,523 44.1 percent

Representative, Position 1

Adam Bernbaum 39,681 55.7 percent

Matthew Roberson 31,466 44.2 percent

Representative, Position 2

Steve Tharinger 40,114 56.2 percent

Terry Roberts 31,146 43.7 percent

Judicial

Supreme Court, Position 2

Sal Mungia 1,237,898 49.8 percent

Dave Larson 1,233,816 49.7 percent

Supreme Court, Position 8

Steve Gonzalez 1,933,742 97.7 percent

Supreme Court, Position 9

Sheryl Gordon McCloud 1,911,624 97.5 percent

Court of Appeals, Division 2, District 2

Rebecca Glasgow 211,445 98 percent

Clallam Superior Court, Judge Position 1

Elizabeth Stanley 23,796 98.6 percent

Clallam Superior Court, Judge Position 2

Simon Barnhart 22,563 98 percent

Clallam Superior Court, Judge Position 3

Brent Basden 24,014 98.3 percent

Jefferson Superior Court, Judge Position 1

Brandon Mack 11,433 98.9 percent

Measures

Initiative 2066 — Natural gas

Yes 1,434,643 51.4 percent

No 1,358,961 48.7 percent

Initiative 2109 — Capital gains

Yes 1,036,600 36.6 percent

No 1,793,761 63.4 percent

Initiative 2117 — Climate Commitment Act

Yes 1,078,748 38.3 percent

No 1,741,012 61.7 percent

Initiative 2124 — Long-term care

Yes 1,247,550 44.6 percent

No 1,547,148 55.4 percent

Clallam County

County commissioner, District 2

Randy Johnson 20,746 55.9 percent

Kate Dexter 16,319 43.9 percent

Public Utility District, District 2

John Purvis 18,520 98.9 percent

Public Utility District, District 3

Ken Simpson 12,217 47.8 percent

Phyllis Bernard 13,269 51.9 percent

Schools

Port Angeles School District EP&O levy

Yes 8,673 59.8 percent

No 5,820 40.2 percent

Bond to replace schools

Approved 8,994 62.1 percent

Rejected 5,497 37.9 percent

Fire

Fire District 2 levy lid lift

Approved 2,880 59.1 percent

Rejected 1,993 40.9 percent

Charter Review Commission

District 1

Jeff Tozzer 5,480 11.1 percent

Christine Charters 4,047 8.2 percent

Charles Main 1,695 3.4 percent

Sarah Kincaid 4,211 8.6 percent

Alex Fane 4,905 10 percent

Jim Stoffer 6,496 13.2 percent

Bill Benedict 6,795 13.8 percent

Derek Huntington 4,525 9.2 percent

Tom Ash 2,906 5.9 percent

Susan Fisch 7,126 14.5 percent

District 2

Jamie Porter 1,957 4.5 percent

Sandi Lytle 800 1.9 percent

Rae Heselbach 1,600 3.7 percent

Patti Morris 4,635 10.7 percent

James Taylor 2,744 6.4 percent

Paul J. Pickett 3,676 8.5 percent

Ron Richards 3,543 8.2 percent

Ron Cameron 5,347 12.4 percent

Karen Wahlsten 3,395 7.9 percent

Richard Wade 955 2.2 percent

Marolee Smith 977 2.3 percent

Chris Noble 4,065 9.4 percent

Debby Fuson 2,482 5.8 percent

Katina Hester 3,283 7.6 percent

Holden A. Fleming 2,709 6.3 percent

District 3

Karen O’Donnell 3,322 10.8 percent

Brian Heberling 1,896 6.2 percent

Rod Fleck 4,836 15.8 percent

Nina Sarmiento 3,041 9.9 percent

Tyson Hester 1,586 5.2 percent

Cathy Walde 3,121 10.2 percent

Mark Hodgson 3,659 11.9 percent

Paul Kolesnikoff 2,914 9.5 percent

Christy Holy 3,242 10.6 percent

John Hauck 2,470 8 percent

Jefferson County

Commissioner, District 1

Heather Dudley-Nollette 10,656 75.1 percent

Ben Thomas 3,335 23.5 percent

Commissioner, District 2

Heidi Eisenhour 12,704 97.9 percent

Public Utility District

Commissioner, District 3

Daniel Toepper 11,194 98.9 percent

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