Saturday, October 3, 2026
A machine recount of ballots cast in the Port of Olympia Commission, District No. 2 race confirmed victory for challenger Jerry Toompas in the Nov. 4 General Election.
The results of the recount were released by the Thurston County Auditor's Office Elections Division on Friday, Dec. 4.
"After the machine recount, one vote originally recorded as a write-in changed to a vote for (incumbent) Bob Iyall," said the Thurston County Canvassing Board in a brief statement.
Toompas received a total of 39,296 votes in the certified count and the same number of votes in the machine recount.
Iyall received a total of 39,106 votes in the certified count and 39,107 in the machine recount.
Write-ins received 350 votes in the certified count and 349 votes in the machine recount.
Final official election results can be found here.
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Snevets
Congratulations Jerry Toompas
Thursday, December 11, 2025 Report this
Tractor1
Over 4 weeks to finalize the count. Did anyone hear the sonic boom?
Thursday, December 11, 2025 Report this
HappyOlympian
That margin for 80k votes, epic.
Friday, December 12, 2025 Report this