PORT ANGELES — The Secretary of State has certified the results of the primary election and directed a hand recount of votes in the race for commissioner of public lands.
The second-place results in the race for the public lands position are the closest in the history of statewide primaries in Washington, the Secretary of State’s office said.
Dave Upthegrove, a Democrat, has a 51-vote lead over Sue Kuehl Pederson, a Republican, for the second position. The winner of the recount will join former Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler, a Republican, on the Nov. 5 general election ballot.
“The mandatory recount underscores the importance of every vote and reaffirms the commitment of our county election officials to ensuring accurate election results,” Assistant Secretary of State Kevin McMahan said in a statement. “We ask for everyone’s patience as county election officials administer the manual recount to ensure that the intent of every voter is accurately heard.”
County election offices have estimated to the secretary of state’s office that the recount could take about a week to complete.
Hand recounts are required in statewide races when the difference between the candidates is less than one-quarter of 1 percent of the total votes cast for both candidates and also less than 1,000 votes.
The final tallies, including races in Clallam and Jefferson counties, are:
Clallam County
Commissioner
Randy Johnson, 5,198 votes, 55.5 percent
Kate Dexter, 3,793 votes, 40.5 percent
Anders Tron-Haukebo, 330 votes, 3.5 percent
PUD
Ken Simpson, 1,960 votes, 39.3 percent
Phyllis Bernard, 1,838 votes, 36.9 percent
Kenneth Reandeau, 1,163 votes, 23.3 percent
Hospital District 2 levy lid lift
Approved, 14,863 votes, 56.4 percent
Rejected, 11,495 votes, 43.6 percent
Fire District 2 levy lid lift
Rejected, 1,944 votes, 52.9 percent
Approved, 1,732 votes, 47.1 percent
EMS levy (requires supermajority to pass)
Yes, 1,948 votes, 52.9 percent
No, 1,733 votes, 47.1 percent
Port Angeles 112 PCO — Republican
Thomas Dammann, 87 votes, 53.1 percent
Coya Erickson, 77 votes, 47.0 percent
Sequim 402 PCO — Republican
Patrick D. Murphy, 98 votes, 62.4 percent
Kevin Hanley, 59 votes, 37.6 percent
Jefferson County
Commissioner District 1
Heather Dudley-Nollette, 3,781 votes, 71.6 percent
Ben Thomas, 1,418 votes, 26.9 percent
District 2
Heidi Eisenhour, 3,868 votes, 96.1 percent
Write-in, 159 votes, 4.0 percent
Federal
U.S. Senator
Maria Cantwell, 1,114,327 votes, 57.2 percent
Dr. Raul Garcia, 431,182 votes, 22.1 percent
6th Congressional District
Emily Randall, 80,249 votes, 34.3 percent
Drew C MacEwen, 70,513 votes, 30.2 percent
Hilary Franz, 57,824 votes, 24.8 percent
Janis Clark, 17,665 votes, 7.6 percent
J. Graham Ralston, 7,235 votes, 3.1 percent
State
24th Legislative District Senator
Mike Chapman, 31,244 votes, 54.0 percent
Marcia Kelbon, 23,701 votes, 41.0 percent
James Russell, 2,859 votes, 4.9 percent
State Representative, Position 1
Adam Bernbaum, 15,743 votes, 27.6 percent
Matthew (Matt) Roberson, 15,182 votes, 26.7 percent
Eric Pickens, 10,051 votes, 17.7 percent
Nate Tyler, 8,052 votes, 14.1 percent
JR Streifel, 7,896 votes, 13.9 percent
State Representative, Position 2
Steve Tharinger, 34,178 votes, 59.4 percent
Terry Roberts, 14,835 votes, 25.8 percent
Hickory Grant, 8,506 votes, 14.8 percent
Governor
Bob Ferguson, 884,268 votes, 44.9 percent
Dave Reichert, 541,533 votes, 27.5 percent
Lt. Governor
Denny Heck, 927,395 votes, 48.6 percent
Dan Matthews, 438,537 votes, 23.0 percent
Secretary of State
Steve Hobbs, 930,533 votes, 48.4 percent
Dale Whitaker, 709,046 votes, 36.9 percent
Treasurer
Mike Pellicciotti, 1,118,500 votes, 58.3 percent
Sharon Hanek, 797,824 votes, 41.6 percent
Auditor
Pat (Patrice) McCarthy, 1,125,904 votes, 58.8 percent
Matt Hawkins, 786,529 votes, 41.1 percent
Attorney General
Pete Serrano, 814,372 votes, 42.1 percent
Nick Brown, 682,360 votes, 35.3 percent
Commissioner of Public Lands
Jaime Herrera Beutler, 419,297 votes, 22 percent
Dave Upthegrove, 396,300 votes, 20.8 percent
Sue Kuehl Pederson, 396,249 votes, 20.8 percent
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Chris Reykdal, 702,227 votes, 39.3 percent
David Olson, 557,822 votes, 31.2 percent
Insurance Commissioner
Patty Kuderer, 845,148 votes, 45.2 percent
Phil Fortunato, 533,560 votes, 28.5 percent
Supreme Court Justice Position 2
Sal Mungia, 762,797 votes, 43.4 percent
Dave Larson, 640,116 votes, 36.5 percent