WE SHARE THE North Olympic Peninsula, but, boy, do we differ when it comes to politics!
Clallam County went for Mitt Romney (though by a 47-vote margin). Jefferson went strongly for President Obama.
Republican Rob McKenna was the victor in Clallam. Democrat Jay Inslee was the man in Jefferson.
We agree on legalizing marijuana, Maria Cantwell and Derek Kilmer . . . but not on same-sex marriage.
Clallam likes charter schools . . . but Jefferson doesn’t.
And the Republican challengers to the Peninsula’s three state Democratic state legislators seemed to do a bit better in Clallam than they did in Jefferson.
Here’s how Clallam and Jefferson counties voted on the key races in the state election, based on the ballot count Tuesday night (the next vote counts in both counties will be Friday):
PRESIDENT
Clallam — Obama/Biden, 12,930. RomneyRyan, 12,977
Jefferson — Obama/Biden, 9,737. Romney/Ryan, 5,041
GOVERNOR
Clallam — Inslee, 12,373. McKenna,13,888
Jefferson — Inslee, 9,381. McKenna, 5,677
INITIATIVE 502, LEGALIZING MARIJUANA
Clallam — Yes, 14,614. No, 11,754.
Jefferson — 9,824. No, 5,204.
REFERENDUM 74, SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
Clallam — Yes, 12,241. No, 13,998.
Jefferson — Yes, 9,471. No, 5,531.
INITIATIVE 1240, CHARTER SCHOOLS
Clallam — Yes, 14,108. No, 11,644.
Jefferson — Yes, 6,968. No, 7,788
INITIATIVE 1185, RESTRICTIONS ON RAISING TAXES AND FEES
Clallam — Yes, 17,912. No, 7,716
Jefferson — Yes, 7,891. No, 6,672.
U.S. SENATE
Clallam — Cantwell, 14,059. Baumgartner, 12,232
Jeffeson — Cantwell, 10,299. Baumgartner, 4,792.
CONGRESS, all the areas that make up the 6th District
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Clallam 13,687 12,291
Grays Harb 12,919 10,429
Jefferson 9,715 4,972
Kitsap 42,852 31,504
Mason 8,547 7,813
Pierce 29,229 16,731
STATE LEGISLATURE
State senator
24th Legislative District
Clallam County
Hargrove 15,460
Carter 9,423
Jefferson County
Hargrove 10,066
Carter 4,295
State representative
Position 1
24th Legislative District
Clallam County
Van De Wege 15,067
Durgan 9,737
Jefferson County
Van De Wege 10,133
Durgan 4,096
State representative
Position 2
24th Legislative District
Clallam County
Tharinger 13,746
Gale 11,806
Jefferson County
Tharinger 9,606
Gale 4,808
