AREA ELECTION RESULTS

In Oregon, for the District One Congressional seat, Rob Cornilles was the top Republican Candidate, he’ll be facing Democrat Susan Bonamicci in January.

In Tillamook County:
Measure 29-124: The Tillamook County Road General Obligation Bonds Authorization went down, , 4, 234 no votes to 3, 785 in favor.

Washington State:

Initiatives

1125 State Expenditures on transportation. Would prohibit the use of motor vehicle fund revenue and vehicle toll revenue for non transportation purposes, and require that road and bridge tolls be set by the legislature and be project specific. TOO CLOSE TO CALL as of 6am, with 49% of counted voters in favor and 51% against. This battle was largely funded by Bellevue Developer Kemper Freeman.

1163 Home Health Workers. Would reinstate background checks, training and other requirements for long term care workers and providers. YES

1183 Privatize liquor sales Would close state liquor stores and sell their assets, license private parties to sell and distribute spirits, regulate licensees and change regulation of wine distribution. YES. Washington State Liquor stores will be out of business as of June of next year. Costco spent over 22 million dollars on the campaign.

State Senate Joint Resolution 8206 A constitutional amendment on the budget stabilization account maintained in the state treasury. Would require the legislature to transfer additional moneys to the budget stabilization account in each fiscal biennium in which the state has received extraordinary revenue growth. YES

Pacific County
Emergency Medical Service 1 Proposition no. 1

Ambulance and Emergency Medical Services Funding $567,296 Passed with 1990 yes votes over 973 no votes

In contested Pacific County elections:

Write-in candidate Vinessa Mulinix will take the Ilwaco City Council position 2 seat. She got 144 votes over Don Berger’s 119.

Mark Perez won the contested Long Beach City Council member number 2 seat, with 209 votes over 181 for Rhonda Benson.

For the City of South Bend member number 1 council seat, the winner is Lisa Olsen, with 224 votes over 214 for Ed Hensley.

For the Port of Willapa Harbor, Tim Bond won the position two seat with 1,469 votes over Frank Porembski’s 1,272.

The Hospital District 2 seat was won by Tim Russ, the District 3 seat by Nancy Gorshe.

And for School District 116, there were two contested seats. The winners are Jason Dunsmoor and Beth Stevens.

In School District 301, voters in Pacific and Lewis Counties chose Tim Speck over Colin Newell for position 2.

In Water District North Beach, position two was won by Gwen Brake.
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In Wahkiakum County, Steven McNicholas won the race for the Cathlamet Town Council position 1, with 97 votes over write in candidate Dale Jacobsen’s 61.

For the Town Council position 3 race, write-in candidate Dick Swart, former Cathlamet mayor, won with 65% of the vote.

Also in Wahkiakum County, Former real estate broker Lori Scot is the new Port District 2, position 3 commissioner. She garnered 322 votes over long time incumbent Carleton Appelo’s 268 votes. Applelo was one of the area’s longest serving commissioners. He became a Wahkiakum Port 2 commissioner in 1966.