Herrera Beutler, Upthegrove in top two for public lands

PORT ANGELES — Commissioner of Public Lands continued to be the closest statewide race as ballot counts were updated Friday.

Former Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler, a Republican, continued to lead the race with 22 percent of the vote, while Dave Upthegrove, a Democrat, had 21 percent and held a slight lead over Sue Kuehl Pederson, a Republican who had 20.5 percent.

The top two will advance to the Nov. 5 general election.

There were no additional changes after ballots were counted in Clallam County on Friday. In Clallam County, 7,000 ballots remain to be counted. The next count is scheduled to take place by 5 p.m. Monday. Voter turnout was 37.6 percent, just more than the statewide turnout of 36.7 percent.

In Jefferson County, 3,718 ballots remain to be counted. The next count is scheduled to take place by 4:30 p.m. Monday. Voter turnout in the county was 40.5 percent.

Results are unofficial until the election is certified Aug. 20.

Here is a breakdown of the major races through Friday at 5 p.m.:

Clallam County

Commissioner

Randy Johnson, 3,795 votes, 55.7 percent

Kate Dexter, 2,750 votes, 40.1 percent

Anders Tron-Haukebo, 237 votes, 3.5 percent

PUD

Phyllis Bernard, 1,278 votes, 38.4 percent

Ken Simpson, 1,258 votes, 37.8 percent

Kenneth Reandeau, 773 votes, 23.2 percent

Hospital District 2 levy lid lift

Approved, 11,276 votes, 57.6 percent

Rejected, 8,300 votes, 42.4 percent

Fire District 2 levy lid lift

Rejected, 1,380 votes, 52.7 percent

Approved, 1,237 votes, 47.3 percent

EMS levy (requires supermajority to pass)

Yes, 1,374 votes, 52.5 percent

No, 1,244 votes, 47.5 percent

Port Angeles 112 PCO — Republican

Thomas Dammann, 65 votes, 51.2 percent

Coya Erickson, 62 votes, 48.8 percent

Sequim 402 PCO — Republican

Patrick D. Murphy, 81 votes, 63.8 percent

Kevin Hanley, 46 votes, 62.2 percent

Jefferson County

Commissioner District 1

Heather Dudley-Nollette, 2,667 votes, 72.3 percent

Ben Thomas, 975 votes, 26.4 percent

District 2

Heidi Eisenhour, 2,701 votes, 96.2 percent

Write-in, 108 votes, 3.8 percent

Federal

U.S. Senator

Maria Cantwell, 1,009,692 votes, 57.8 percent

Dr. Raul Garcia, 381,331 votes, 21.8 percent

6th Congressional District

Emily Randall, 69,722 votes, 34.6 percent

Drew C MacEwen, 60,697 votes, 30.1 percent

Hilary Franz, 49,853 votes, 24.8 percent

Janis Clark, 15,232 votes, 7.6 percent

J. Graham Ralston, 5,781 votes, 2.9 percent

State

24th Legislative District Senator

Mike Chapman, 23,645 votes, 53.8 percent

Marcia Kelbon, 18,084 votes, 41.2 percent

James Russell, 2,188 votes, 5 percent

State Representative, Position 1

Adam Bernbaum, 12,167 votes, 28.1 percent

Matthew (Matt) Roberson, 11,588 votes, 26.8 percent

Eric Pickens, 7,492 votes, 17.3 percent

Nate Tyler, 5,861 votes, 13.5 percent

JR Streifel, 6,164 votes, 14.2 percent

State Representative, Position 2

Steve Tharinger, 25,859 votes, 59.1 percent

Terry Roberts, 11,444 votes, 26.2 percent

Hickory Grant, 6,387 votes, 14.6 percent

Governor

Bob Ferguson, 802,349 votes, 45.4 percent

Dave Reichert, 488,730 votes, 27.7 percent

Lt. Governor

Denny Heck, 841,805 votes, 49.2 percent

Dan Matthews, 388,004 votes, 22.7 percent

Secretary of State

Steve Hobbs, 845,299 votes, 48.9 percent

Dale Whitaker, 628,499 votes, 36.4 percent

Treasurer

Mike Pellicciotti, 1,013,115 votes, 58.8 percent

Sharon Hanek, 708,051 votes, 41.1 percent

Auditor

Pat (Patrice) McCarthy, 1,019,841 votes, 59.3 percent

Matt Hawkins, 697,914 votes, 40.6 percent

Attorney General

Pete Serrano, 722,910 votes, 41.7 percent

Nick Brown, 618,765 votes, 35.7 percent

Commissioner of Public Lands

Jaime Herrera Beutler, 374,669 votes, 22 percent

Dave Upthegrove, 359,124 votes, 21 percent

Sue Kuehl Pederson, 350,138 votes, 20.5 percent

Superintendent of Public Instruction

Chris Reykdal, 636,439 votes, 39.6 percent

David Olson, 497,581 votes, 31 percent

Insurance Commissioner

Patty Kuderer, 766,148 votes, 45.6 percent

Phil Fortunato, 473,792 votes, 28.2 percent

Supreme Court Justice Position 2

Sal Mungia, 689,299 votes, 43.6 percent

Dave Larson, 576,428 votes, 36.4 percent