Neck and neck, many near ties in the Thurston County General Election

With an additional estimated 20,000 ballots left to count, no local or county-wide races are decided.

At 5 p.m. today, 51,893 ballots have been tabulated, according to the Thurson County Auditor's office.  These represent the ballots of 26.38% of the 196,717 registered voters.  These ballots represent an estimated 62% of the total anticipated in this election. 

Of the 77 candidate positions on ballots throughout the county and cities, only 35 are opposed; 42 incumbents are running unopposed, mostly in races for school boards, fire districts and cemetery commissions.

Nearly 58% of voters whose ballots have been tabulated have voted yes on the proposition to approve a .2% increase in the sales and use taxes assessed for transactions in or shipped into the county. But with some 38% of the anticipated ballots waiting to be counted, it's too early to declare that the measure will pass. 

Here are the results reported tonight:  

Thurston County Proposition No. 1 – Sales and Use Tax for Law Enforcement Protection, Corresponding Prosecution and Public Defense Services, and Elections Security

Name	Count	Percent
Approved	28,223	57.89%
Rejected	20,530	42.11%

Thurston County Commissioner, District No. 4

Name	Count	Percent
Wayne Fournier	24,386	49.35%
Vivian Eason	24,862	50.31%

Thurston County Commissioner, District No. 5

Name	Count	Percent
Emily Clouse	29,437	59.34%
Terry S. Ballard	20,010	40.34%

Port of Olympia Port Commissioner, District No. 1

Name	Count	Percent
Jasmine Vasavada	24,591	50.71%
Bill McGregor	23,721	48.92%

Port of Olympia Port Commissioner, District No. 4

Name	Count	Percent
Rose Chiu Gunderson	23,786	49.52%
Maggie Sanders	23,998	50.00%

Port of Olympia Port Commissioner, District No. 5

Name	Count	Percent
Sarah Tonge	24,878	52.04%
Troy Kirby	22,743	47.57%

Town of Bucoda, Mayor

Name	Count	Percent
Robert F. Gordon	74	100.00%
Unopposed

Town of Bucoda, Town Council, Pos. No. 1

Name	Count	Percent
Callie Carpenter	65	98.48%
Unopposed

Town of Bucoda, Town Council, Pos. No. 2

Name	Count	Percent
Steven Lyle	65	98.48%
Unopposed

Town of Bucoda, Town Council, Pos. No. 4

Name	Count	Percent
Michelle Layton	66	100.00%
Unopposed

Town of Bucoda, Town Council, Pos. No. 5

Name	Count	Percent
Kiersten Presley	67	98.53%
Unopposed

City of Lacey, City Council, Pos. No. 1

Name	Count	Percent
Malcolm Miller	6,624	97.53%
Unopposed

City of Lacey, City Council, Position No. 2

Name	Count	Percent
Spencer Zeman	3,392	42.73%
Lenny Greenstein	4,508	56.78%

City of Lacey, City Council, Position No. 3

Name	Count	Percent
Nicolas Dunning	5,038	63.89%
Ed Kunkel	2,793	35.42%

City of Olympia, Mayor

Name	Count	Percent
Dontae Payne	7,104	67.88%
David Ross	3,312	31.65%

City of Olympia, City Council, Pos. No. 2

Name	Count	Percent
Yen Huynh	7,726	96.24%
Unopposed

City of Olympia, City Council, Pos. No. 3

Name	Count	Percent
Dani Madrone	7,755	96.36%
Unopposed

City of Rainier, City Council, Pos. No. 2

Name	Count	Percent
Damion Green	153	45.81%
Ryan Roth	178	53.29%

City of Rainier, City Council, Pos. No. 4

Name	Count	Percent
Ron Kemp	253	96.93%
Unopposed

City of Tenino, Mayor

Name	Count	Percent
David Watterson	168	51.06%
Linda Gotovac	161	48.94%

City of Tenino, City Council, Pos. No. 2

Name	Count	Percent
Elaine Klamn	249	97.27%
Unopposed

City of Tenino, City Council, Pos. No. 5

Name	Count	Percent
Jeff Eisel	244	97.60%
Unopposed

City of Tumwater, City Council, Pos. No. 1

Name	Count	Percent
Leatta Dahlhoff	3,151	97.86%
Unopposed

City of Tumwater, City Council, Pos. No. 2

Name	Count	Percent
Angela Jefferson	3,220	98.29%
Unopposed

City of Tumwater, City Council, Pos. No. 3

Name	Count	Percent
Doris Atkinson	610	15.62%
Joan Cathey	3,257	83.43%

City of Tumwater, City Council, Pos. No. 7

Name	Count	Percent
Andrea McGhee	2,010	48.70%
Kelly Von Holtz	2,103	50.96%

City of Yelm, City Council, Pos. No. 1

Name	Count	Percent
Stephanie Kangiser	387	49.17%
Tracey Wood	395	50.19%

City of Yelm, City Council, Pos. No. 2

Name	Count	Percent
Joseph Dale Richardson	409	52.24%
Jerry Toompas	367	46.87%

City of Yelm, City Council, Pos. No. 6

Name	Count	Percent
Trevor Palmer	397	50.70%
Ashley Lea Brooks	381	48.66%

Centralia School District No. 401-L, School Board Director, Pos. No. 2

Note that most ballots for this position are voted by Lewis County voters. 

Name	Count	Percent
Maritza Bravo	52	96.30%
Unopposed

Centralia School District No. 401-L, School Board Director, Pos. No. 3

Note that most ballots for this position are voted by Lewis County voters. 

Name	Count	Percent
Andrea Ware	49	96.08%
Unopposed

Centralia School District No. 401-L, School Board Director, Pos. No. 4

Note that most ballots for this position are voted by Lewis County voters. 

Name	Count	Percent
Mandi McDougall	22	30.99%
Sarah Holmes	49	69.01%

Griffin School District No. 324, School Board Director, Pos. No. 1

Name	Count	Percent
Matt Dorcy	866	45.94%
Tesa Frevert	1,012	53.69%

Griffin School District No. 324, School Board Director, Pos. No. 2

Name	Count	Percent
Emma Rose	1,381	97.12%
Unopposed

Griffin School District No. 324, School Board Director, Pos. No. 3

Name	Count	Percent
David Kangiser	720	41.10%
Blair Baker	1,016	57.99%

North Thurston Public Schools, School Board Director, District No. 1

Name	Count	Percent
Veronica Shriver	7,599	46.67%
Gretchen Maliska	8,607	52.86%

North Thurston Public Schools, School Board Director, District No. 4

Name	Count	Percent
Stephanie Scott	7,665	47.46%
Esperanza A. Badillo-Diiorio	8,380	51.89%

North Thurston Public Schools, School Board Director, District No. 5

Name	Count	Percent
Michelle J. Gipson	8,255	50.49%
David G. Newkirk	8,029	49.10%

Olympia School District No. 111, School Board Director, District No. 1

Name	Count	Percent
Maria R. Flores	8,983	63.80%
Talauna Reed	4,546	32.29%

Olympia School District No. 111, School Board Director, District No. 2

Name	Count	Percent
Jess Tourtellotte-Palumbo	8,052	56.99%
Frank Durocher	6,031	42.68%

Olympia School District No. 111, School Board Director, District No. 4

Name	Count	Percent
Hilary Seidel	8,405	59.95%
Leslie Van Leishout	5,527	39.43%

Rainier School District No. 307, School Board Director, District No. 1

Name	Count	Percent
Amanda Siemandel	510	57.95%
Aaron Lang	364	41.36%

Rainier School District No. 307, School Board Director, District No. 2

Name	Count	Percent
Jerry F. Sprouffske	504	55.51%
Jon Palmer	398	43.83%

Rainier School District No. 307, School Board Director, District No. 3

Name	Count	Percent
Dana Morgan Spivey	642	71.18%
Brian Hackethal	257	28.49%

Rochester School District No. 401, School Board Director, District No. 2

Name	Count	Percent
Grant Rodeheaver	1,335	62.74%
Wava Garza	779	36.61%

Rochester School District No. 401, School Board Director, District No. 3

Name	Count	Percent
Penelope Mena	889	41.60%
Susie Hawes	1,230	57.56%

Rochester School District No. 401, School Board Director, District No. 4

Name	Count	Percent
James Neil Turner	1,035	49.38%
Michael L. Morrow	1,045	49.86%

Tenino School District No. 402, School Board Director, District No. 2

Name	Count	Percent
Ryan T. Hilton	309	15.77%
Jennifer Johnson	1,639	83.67%

Tenino School District No. 402, School Board Director, District No. 3

Name	Count	Percent
Adam Barr	1,516	96.07%
Unopposed

Tenino School District No. 402, School Board Director, District No. 4

Name	Count	Percent
Jessica Reeves-Rush	1,617	97.76%
Unopposed

Tumwater School District No. 33, School Board Director, District No. 1

Name	Count	Percent
Jeff (Cowboy) Curry	2,632	36.88%
Jill Tokarczyk Adams	4,466	62.58%

Tumwater School District No. 33, School Board Director, District No. 2

Name	Count	Percent
Casey Taylor	5,204	93.08%
Unopposed

Tumwater School District No. 33, School Board Director, District No. 3

Name	Count	Percent
Scott Killough	5,454	97.97%
Unopposed

Yelm Community Schools, School Board Director, District No. 2

Name	Count	Percent
Eric Heid	1,341	40.48%
Casey Shaw	1,926	58.13%

Yelm Community Schools, School Board Director, District No. 3

Name	Count	Percent
Allyn Verbal	1,317	39.06%
Denise Hendrickson	2,035	60.35%

Yelm Community Schools, School Board Director, District No. 5

Name	Count	Percent
Bill Hauss	1,937	57.36%
Karen (Kay) Anderson	1,418	41.99%

Fire Protection District No. 3 (Lacey), Commissioner, Pos. No. 3

Name	Count	Percent
Frank Kirkbride	12,215	98.57%
Unopposed

Fire Protection District No. 3 (Lacey), Commissioner, Pos. No. 4

Name	Count	Percent
Liberty Hetzler	11,990	98.25%
Unopposed

Fire Protection District No. 6 (Olympia), Commissioner, Pos. No. 3

Name	Count	Percent
Brandon Faust	2,011	98.00%
Unopposed

Fire Protection District No. 8 (South Bay), Commissioner, Pos. No. 1

Name	Count	Percent
Gloria Zvirzdys	2,358	97.92%
Unopposed

Fire Protection District No. 8 (South Bay), Commissioner, Pos. No. 2

Name	Count	Percent
Jake Hunter	2,393	98.44%
Unopposed

Fire Protection District No. 9 (McLane Black Lake), Commissioner, Pos. No. 3

Name	Count	Percent
Len Albert	2,393	98.88%
Unopposed

Fire Protection District No. 9 (McLane Black Lake), Commissioner, Pos. No. 4

Name	Count	Percent
Jason A. Foust	2,322	98.72%
Unopposed

Fire Protection District No. 9 (McLane Black Lake), Commissioner, Pos. No. 3

Name	Count	Percent
Mark Thompson	2,401	98.81%
Unopposed

Fire Protection District 12, Commissioner, Pos. No. 4

Name	Count	Percent
James Freed	1,002	96.72%
Unopposed

Fire Protection District No. 13 (Griffin), Commissioner, Pos. No. 1

Name	Count	Percent
Arthur Dalessandro	1,347	99.04%
Unopposed

Fire Protection District No. 13 (Griffin), Commissioner, Pos. No. 3

Name	Count	Percent
Dave Pearsall	1,355	98.69%
Unopposed

Fire Protection District No. 17 (Bald Hills), Commissioner, Pos. No. 1

Name	Count	Percent
Harry W. Miller	427	97.71%
Unopposed

 
 SE Thurston Fire Authority, Sub Region 1 Commissioner, Pos. No. 2

Name	Count	Percent
David Shepherd	2,623	98.39%
Unopposed

 
 SE Thurston Fire Authority, Sub Region 2, Commissioner, Pos. No. 2

Name	Count	Percent
Jeff DeHan	2,692	98.64%
Unopposed

 
 SE Thurston Fire Authority, Sub Region 3, Commissioner, Pos. No. 1

Name	Count	Percent
Bill DeVore	2,541	97.54%
Unopposed

SE Thurston Fire Authority, Sub Region 3, Commissioner, Pos. No. 2

Name	Count	Percent
Steven Slater	2,636	98.54%
Unopposed

West Thurston Regional Fire Authority Rochester, Commissioner, Pos. No. 1

Name	Count	Percent
Jeff Merryman	1,353	82.55%
Unopposed

West Thurston Regional Fire Authority Littlerock, Commissioner, Pos. No. 2

Name	Count	Percent
Michael Reed	1,186	86.38%
Unopposed

Tanglewilde Parks & Recreation District No. 1, Commissioner, Pos. No. 1

Name	Count	Percent
Dayv Lowry	228	97.02%
Unopposed

Tanglewilde Parks & Recreation District No. 1, Commissioner, Pos. No. 5

Name	Count	Percent
Alexis Wallace	200	93.90%
Unopposed

Cemetery District No. 1 (Grand Mound), Commissioner, Pos. No. 3

Name	Count	Percent
Marc S. Spiegelberg	1,859	98.46%
Unopposed

Cemetery District No. 2 (Yelm), Commissioner, Pos. No. 3

Name	Count	Percent
Kristen Colt	2,230	94.69%
Unopposed

We will update this story tomorrow after more ballots are counted.