Many races too close to call

Updated Thursday, 7:30 p.m., November 10, 2022 based on results issued at 6 p.m.

Some 69,482 of the expected 117,000 ballots from Thurston County voters were tallied as 8 p.m. on Election Day yesterday.  

There are 195,610 registered voters in the county. As of Wednesday at 6 p.m., the Thurston County Auditor’s Office reported on 84,613 ballots or 43.26% of potential voters. At that time, the Auditor's Office estimated that 35,000 ballots remained to be processed. 

“It's gonna take a couple of days and we will process ballots and recent release results Wednesday and Thursday. Friday is Veterans Day so we will not release results on Friday,” Thurston County Auditor Mary Hall told The JOLT during an interview on Election Night.

“But we will release results on Saturday,” Hall added. “So we'll be working on Saturday.”

Election results can be viewed on the County Auditor’s website, with the current tallies. With some 35,000 ballots yet to be counted, most races are too close to call.

Below are the results of Thurston County races and the Thurston County component of state legislative races:

 Thurston County Proposition No. 1, Expanding The Thurston County Board of Commissioners
Yes         44,106 (54.42%)
No          36,935 (45.58%)

 Port of Olympia Proposition No. 1, Expanding Port of Olympia Board of Commissioners
Yes         40,321 (50.16%)
No          40,068 (49.84%)

 County Assessor
Steven J. Drew   46,346 (56.90%)
Dave Kolar           34,909 (42.86%)

County Auditor
Mary Hall             51,334 (62.11%)
Sal Militello         31,251 (37.81%)

 County Clerk
Linda Enlow        40,133 (56.88%)
Tonya Moore     28,021 (39.71%)

 County Commissioner, District No. 3
Tye Menser        46,544 (56.42%)
Vivian Kay Eason               35,873 (43.49%)

County Sheriff
Derek Sanders   42,955 (54.25%)
John D. Snaza     35,875 (45.31%)

 County Treasurer
Jeff Gadman       50,26 (63.84%)
Jeff Curry             28,163 (35.78%)

 Advisory Vote No. 39, on the Aircraft Fuel Tax increase
Repealed 45,672 (56.99%)
Maintained 34,468 (43.01%)

 Advisory Vote No. 40, Taxing Rideshare Companies
Repealed 39,978 (50.17%)
Maintained 39,706 (49.83%)

 State Representative, Position 2, Legislative District 2 (partial district)
JT Wilcox             7,714 (69.49% )
Edward Meer     3,202 (28.84%)

 State Representative, Position 1, Legislative District 19 (partial district)
Jim Walsh            1,042 (69.79% )
Kelli Hughes-Ham             449 (30.07%)

 State Representative, Position 2, Legislative District 19 (partial district)
Joel McEntire     1,026 (68.86%)
Cara Cusack        462 (31.01%)

 State Representative, Position 1, Legislative District 22
Beth Doglio         29,244 (66.24%)
Loretta Byrnes   14,847 (33.63%)

 State Representative, Position 2, Legislative District 22
Jessica Bateman                29,362 (66.73%)
Kate Plager         14,573 (33.12%)

 State Senator, Legislative District 35 (partial district)
Drew C MacEwen             10,654 (52.41%)
Julianne Gale    9,667 (47.55%)

 State Representative, Position 1, Legislative District 35 (partial district)
Daniel Griffey    11,287 (55.61%)
James DeHart    8,998 (44.34%)

 State Representative, Position 2, Legislative District 35
Sandy Kaiser       10,260 (50.62%)
Travis Couture   9,999 (49.34%)