PORT ANGELES – The darkest horse in the biggest race received the best post position Friday in a drawing for the order in which candidates’ names will appear on the ballot.
Port Angeles attorney Curtis G. Johnson will top a four-man field of hopefuls for Clallam County’s new Superior Court judgeship in the primary election that will end Aug. 21.
Johnson’s name will be followed on the ballot by Craig L. Miller, Brooke Taylor and Brent Basden.
The order was determined by a random drawing conducted by Clallam County Auditor Patty Rosand.
Election workers wrote the name for each candidate in contested races on a slip of paper and put the slips into 35-millimeter film canisters.
Race by race, the canisters were tumbled by Rosand, who opened the canisters and read the names.
The order of candidates in other Clallam County contests include:
Port Angeles City Council, Position 5: Edna Petersen (incumbent), Donella Pratt, Dan DiGuilio.
Port Angeles City Council, Position 6: John Matthews, Don Perry, Peter Ripley, Paul D. Sawyer.
Port Angeles City Council, Position 7: Cherie Kidd, Grant Munro (incumbent).
Sequim City Council Position 4: Don Hall, incumbent, Susan Lorenzen.
Sequim City Council, Position 5: Bob Anundson (incumbent), Eric Erichsen.
Sequim City Council, Position 6: Laura Dubois, Ron Farquhar (incumbent).
Fire District 3, Position 3: James Barnfather, Sean Torey.
Hospital District 1 (Forks Community Hospital): Daisy E. Anderson (incumbent), Denise Graham.
Hospital District 2 (Olympic Medical Center): Jean Hordyk (incumbent), Fred Norton.
Sequim Aquatic Recreation Center (SARC), Position 4: Annette J. Kuss, Jan L. Richardson.
Port of Port Angeles Commission: Jim McEntire, Bill Hannan (incumbent).
Port Angeles School Board, Position 1: Steven J. Baxter, Susan Hillgren
Sequim School Board, Position 1: Sarah Bedinger (incumbent), Stuart McColl.
Cape Flattery School Board, Position 2: Gregory A. Colfax (incumbent), Robin L. Denney.
Quillayute Valley School Board, Position 3: Michael Dutcher, William H. Rohde (incumbent).
Quillayute Valley School Board, Position 5: Samuel McElravy, Tina Bergstrom (incumbent).
