Updated May 21 Primary Election results, Wasco County

Ballots arriving for the next seven days with a valid postmark will be counted - results that include postmarked ballots will be updated by end-of-day Friday, May 24.

Voters who forgot to sign their ballot, or whose signature was challenged, have until June 11 to contact our office and resolve the issue.

Turnout at the end of last night was 35.93%. A big shout out goes to The Dalles Rotary Club, who collected 1,315 ballots which was 77% of all ballots returned on election day!

How people returned their ballots:

• Rotary and drop boxes - 55%
• Mail - 41%
• Dropped in the elections office - 3%

Dropbox stats per town:

• The Dalles/Courthouse - (not including Rotary) 2,034 ballots
• Mosier - 131 ballots
• Maupin - 114 ballots
• Dufur - 85 ballots
• Simnasho - 8 ballots

What triggers an automatic recount?

• We have several close races, but a contest has to be within 1/5th of 1% to trigger an automatic recount. This means the District Attorney race would have to be within 12 votes to trigger a recount. 

Where can voters see the results?

• A PDF copy of the results released on election day are available on the Wasco County website at https://www.co.wasco.or.us/departments/clerk/election_results.php. Our next schedule report including postmarked ballots will be available at end-of-day Friday.
• Statewide results are available at https://results.oregonvotes.gov/

As always, we're happy to answer voter questions. We can be reached at 541-506-2530.

Updated results, May 22 at 7:30 a.m.

District Attorney

Kara Davis, 3,014 votes, 50.30%

Travis Marston, 2,967 votes, 49.52%

Write-in: 11, 0.18%

Commissioner, position 2

Darcy Long: 895 votes, 14.84%

Brian Lauterbach: 1,607 votes, 26.65%

Dan Richardson: 1,540 votes, 25.54%

Jeff Justesen: 1,790 votes, 29.68%

John McEleheran: 194 votes, 3.22%

Write-in: 4, 0.07%

Assessor, Jill Filla Amery (uncontested):

3,605 votes, 98.28%

33-110, White River Health District 5-year Local Option Tax Levy

Yes: 300 votes, 44.91%

No: 368 votes, 55.09%