PORT TOWNSEND — Heather Dudley-Nollette won the District 1 seat on the Board of Jefferson County Commissioners following initial returns Tuesday night.
Dudley-Nollette, a Democrat, had 75.1 percent of the vote (10,656 votes) while her opponent, Ben Thomas, also a Democrat, garnered 23.5 percent (3,335 votes).
Dudley-Nollette, 53, is the deputy executive director of Bayside Housing & Services. She will take over for Kate Dean, a Democrat who chose not to run for reelection.
Thomas, 53, is a current member of the Port Townsend City Council. He is a winemaker-viticulturist at Port Townsend Vineyards.
