Official November 7 election results are in, Thurston County commissioners sworn in

Thurston County officially announced the November 7 General Election results earlier today, with only one position withheld for a recount.

According to the results document, 77,421 ballots were cast, amounting to a voter turnout of 39.36% in the county’s 196,717 registered voters.

Rainiers’s Position Number 2 results are scheduled for a manual recount later this week, after candidate Ryan Roth ended up with 247 votes, only leading over his opponent Damion Green with only one vote.

Thurston County commissioners sworn in

Today, November 28, four Thurston County commissioner positions were sworn into their respective positions.  

The swearing-in ceremony was held today at 12:30 p.m. and was witnessed by some 60 people who overflowed the council chambers at 3000 Pacific Ave. 

Emily Clouse was sworn in as Commissioner District All County Commissioner, District No. 5.

Sarah Tonge was sworn in as Port of Olympia Port Commissioner, District No. 5.

Maggie Sanders was sworn in as Port of Olympia Port Commissioner, District No. 4.

Wayne Fournier will be sworn in as Thurston County Commissioner District No. 4 after he resigns as mayor of Tenino later tonight, as the state prohibits a person from serving as mayor and county commissioner at the same time.

Here are the election results, with total votes and percentage:

Thurston County Proposition No. 1

Sales and Use Tax for Law Enforcement Protection, Corresponding Prosecution and Public Defense Services, and Elections Security 

• Approved 41,000 56.36%

County Commissioners

County Commissioner District No. 4

• Wayne Fournier 36,940 50.16%

County Commissioner District No. 5

• Emily Clouse 44,326 59.90%

Port Commissioner District No. 1

• Jasmine Vasavada 37,372 51.80%

Port Commissioner District No. 4

• Maggie Sanders 35,974 50.33%

Port Commissioner District No. 5

• Sarah Tonge 37,558 52.80%

Bucoda

Bucoda Mayor

• Robert F. Gordon 106 100.00%

Bucoda Town Council Position No. 1

• Callie Carpenter 95 98.96%

Bucoda Town Council Position No. 2

• Steven Lyle 93 97.89%

Bucoda Town Council Position No. 4

• Michelle Layton 96 100.00%

Bucoda Town Council Position No. 5

• Kiersten Presley 97 98.98%

Lacey

Lacey City Council Position No. 1

• Malcolm Miller 9,480 97.54%

Lacey City Council Position No. 2

• Lenny Greenstein 6,340 55.78%

Lacey City Council Position No. 3

• Nicolas Dunning 7,133 63.62%

Olympia

Olympia Mayor

• Dontae Payne 11,197 69.50%

Olympia City Council Position No. 2

• Yen Huynh 11,835 96.19%

Olympia City Council Position No. 3

• Dani Madrone 11,851 96.28%

Rainier City Council Position No. 4

• Ron Kemp 371 96.11%

Tenino

Tenino Mayor

• David Watterson 250 52.30%

Tenino City Council Position No. 2

• Elaine Klamn 361 97.57%

Tenino City Council Position No. 5

• Jeff Eisel 354 97.52%

Tumwater

Tumwater City Council Position No. 1

• Leatta Dahlhoff 4,611 97.48%

Tumwater City Council Position No. 2

• Angela Jefferson 4,711 97.96%

Tumwater City Council Position No. 3

• Joan Cathey 4,760 82.65%

Tumwater City Council Position No. 7

• Kelly Von Holtz 3,202 52.29%

Yelm

Yelm City Council Position No. 1

• Tracey Wood 620 50.65%

Yelm City Council Position No. 2

• Joseph Dale Richardson 641 52.63%

Yelm City Council Position No. 6

• Trevor Palmer 614 50.20%

Centralia School Board

Centralia School Board Director Position No. 2

• Maritza Bravo 74 94.87%

Centralia School Board Director Position No. 3

• Andrea Ware 70 93.33%

Centralia School Board Director Position No. 4

• Sarah Holmes 62 62.00%

Griffin School Board

Griffin School Board Director Position No. 1

• Tesa Frevert 1,472 55.15%

Griffin School Board Director Position No. 2

• Emma Rose 1,953 96.92%

Griffin School Board Director Position No. 3

• Blair Baker 1,436 57.95%

North Thurston School Board

North Thurston School Board Director District No. 1

• Gretchen Maliska 12,380 52.40%

North Thurston School Board Director District No. 4

• Esperanza A. Badillo-Diiorio 12,352 52.76%

North Thurston School Board Director District No. 5

• Michelle J. Gipson 12,216 51.48%

Olympia School Board

Olympia School Board Director District No. 1

• Maria R. Flores 13,138 61.02%

Olympia School Board Director District No. 2

• Jess Tourtellotte-Palumbo 12,804 59.12%

Olympia School Board Director District No. 4

• Hilary Seidel 12,766 59.50%

Rainier School Board

Rainier School Board Director District No. 1

• Amanda Siemandel 725 55.39%

Rainier School Board Director District No. 2

• Jerry F. Sprouffske 724 53.39%

Rainier School Board Director District No. 3

• Dana Morgan Spivey 916 68.26%

Rochester School Board

Rochester School Board Director District No. 2

• Grant Rodeheaver 2,002 62.78%

Rochester School Board Director District No. 3

• Susie Hawes 1,815 56.58%

Rochester School Board Director District No. 4

• James Neil Turner 1,576 50.03%

Tenino School Board

Tenino School Board Director District No. 2

• Jennifer Johnson 2,360 84.35%

Tenino School Board Director District No. 3

• Adam Barr 2,157 95.99%

Tenino School Board Director District No. 4

• Jessica Reeves-Rush 2,284 97.73%

Tumwater School Board

Tumwater School Board Director District No. 1

• Jill Tokarczyk Adams 6,570 62.17%

Tumwater School Board Director District No. 2

• Casey Taylor 7,529 91.57%

Tumwater School Board Director District No. 3

• Scott Killough 8,012 97.78%

Yelm School Board

Yelm School Board Director District No. 2

• Casey Shaw 3,025 58.90%

Yelm School Board Director District No. 3

Denise Hendrickson 3,031 58.51%

• Yelm School Board Director District No. 5

Bill Hauss 2,944 56.71%

Fire Commissioners

Fire 3 Commissioner Position No. 3

• Frank Kirkbride 17,686 98.55%

Fire 3 Commissioner Position No. 4

• Liberty Hetzler 17,341 98.31%

Fire 6 Commissioner Position No. 3

• Brandon Faust 2,829 98.06%

Fire 8 Commissioner Position No. 1

• Gloria Zvirzdys 3,494 97.98%

Fire 8 Commissioner Position No. 2

• Jake Hunter 3,552 98.37%

Fire 9 Commissioner Position No. 3

• Len Albert 3,543 98.94%

Fire 9 Commissioner Position No. 4

• Jason A. Foust 3,434 98.65%

Fire 9 Commissioner Position No. 5

• Mark Thompson 3,542 98.80%

Fire 12 Commissioner Position No. 4

• James Freed 1,443 96.39%

Fire 13 Commissioner Position No. 1

• Arthur Dalessandro 1,899 98.91%

Fire 13 Commissioner Position No. 3

• Dave Pearsall 1,906 98.81%

Fire 17 Commissioner Position No. 1

• Harry W. Miller 696 97.21%

SETFA Fire Commissioner Sub Region 1, Position No. 2

• David Shepherd 3,922 98.12%

SETFA Fire Commissioner Sub Region 2, Position No. 2

• Jeff DeHan 4,025 98.53%

SETFA Fire Commissioner Sub Region 3, Position No. 1

• Bill DeVore 3,811 97.37%

SETFA Fire Commissioner Sub Region 3, Position No. 2

• Steven Slater 3,957 98.58%

WTRFA (Rochester) Fire Commissioner Position No. 1

• Jeff Merryman 1,971 79.80%

WTRFA (Littlerock) Fire Commissioner Position No. 2

• Michael Reed 1,761 86.62%

Parks and Rec Commissioner

Tanglewilde Parks and Rec Commissioner Position No. 1

• Dayv Lowry 343 97.72%

Tanglewilde Parks and Rec Commissioner Position No. 5

• Alexis Wallace 299 93.44%

Cemetery 1 (Grand Mound) Commissioner Position No. 3

• Marc S. Spiegelberg 2,752 98.39%

Cemetery 2 (Yelm) Commissioner Position No. 3

• Kristen Colt 3,395 94.23%