Updated Election Results as of 5:06 pm Thursday, Nov. 6. Total ballots counted has come to 7,679 with 742 to go. Totals will be updated again Friday at 5 pm.
Proposition No. 1 Funding for District-Wide Recreational Facilities-6 Year Levy:
Yes 42.9%
No 57.1%
Klickitat County Sheriff
Bob Songer 51.42%
Marc Boardman 48.58%
Klickitat County Prosecuting Attorney
Lori Hoctor 44.19%
David Quesnel 55.81%
Klickitat County Commissioner 2
David M. Sauter 66.37%
Mike Richards 33.63%
Klickitat County West District Court Judge
Jeff Baker 78.23%
Dave Brown 21.77%
Klickitat County Clerk
Renea Campbell (Uncontested)
Klickitat County Auditor
Brenda Sorensen (Uncontested)
Klickitat County East District Court Judge
Rick L. Hansen (Uncontested)
PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT # 1 Utility Commissioner #3
Dan G. Gunkel 52.92%
Sherry L. Carver 47.08%
Klickitat County Assessor
Crista A. Schroder 56.95%
Darlene R. Johnson 43.05%
Klickitat County Treasurer
Greg Gallagher (Uncontested)
Supreme Court Justice Position 7
Debra L. Stephens 73.23%
John (Zamboni) Scannell 26.77%
Supreme Court Justice Position 4
Eddie Yoon 28.11%
Charles W. Johnson 71.89%
Supreme Court Justice Position 3
Mary E. Fairhurst (Uncontested)
Months — and in one case more than a year — of campaigning for candidates seeking elective public offices came to a head Tuesday night, as the 2014 General Election ballots of thousands of Klickitat County residents were tabulated by the Auditor’s Office.
According to preliminary tallies for partisan offices released by the Auditor’s Office, former county timber/range deputy Robert “Bob” Songer Sr. (photo 1) was winning the contest for sheriff against County Undersheriff Marc Boardman, 52.8% to 47.2%; incumbent Assess-or Darlene Johnson was losing to challenger Crista Schroder (photo 2), 42.5% to 57.5%; challenger David Quesnel (photo 3) was defeating in-cumbent Prosecutor Lori Hoctor, 56.2% to 43.8%; and District 2 Com-missioner David Sauter (photo 4) was beating first-time candidate for county office Mike Richards, 67.1% to 32.9%.
In non-partisan races, incumbent District 2 PUD Commissioner Dan Gunkel was ahead of challenger Sherry Carver, 53.5% to 46.5%, while Jeff Baker won election to the position of West District Court Judge with 78% of the vote.
Voter turnout countywide on Tuesday ran at just under 41%, according to the Auditor’s Office.
Locally, Proposition No. 1, the property tax levy request from Mt. Adams Park and Recreation District for maintenance and operations, was failing, 59.1% No to 40.9% Yes.
Unofficial multicounty results for state partisan offices showed Gina McCabe was winning election to Position 2 Representative for the 14th Legislative District, while incumbent Norm Johnson was winning re-election as Position 1 Representative.
Preliminary multicounty results for the race for 3rd Congressional District Representative between two-term incumbent Jaime Herrera Beutler and Democratic challenger Bob Dingethal were favoring the Republican, 60.6% to 49.4%.
Statewide, the initiative for smaller class sizes, 1351, was passing (50.1% to 49.9%), as was I-594, a pro-gun registration measure (60.8% to 39.2%). I-591, a competing anti-gun registration measure, was trailing (55.4% to 44.6%)
In Skamania County, incumbent District 3 Commissioner Bob Anderson, a Republican, was losing to Democratic challenger Bob Hamlin 41.7% to 58.3%, while Liz Green was beating Tom Linde in the non-partisan race for District 3 PUD Commissioner, 54.1% to 45.9%.
2014 General Election results will be certified by county elections boards on Tuesday, Nov. 25.
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