Thursday, October 1, 2026
The gap between challenger Nicolas Martinez-Dunning and incumbent Emily Clouse remained above 500 votes in the Thurston County Commissioner District No. 5 race in the Aug. 4 Primary Election, updated unofficial results showed.
The vote total for Martinez-Dunning, a Lacey City Councilman, stood at 5,444 or 38.63 percent, according to results released by the Thurston County Auditor’s Office Elections Division on Monday afternoon, Aug. 10. Clouse’s vote count weighed in at 4,896 or 34.74 percent
South Sound YMCA Senior Director of Branch Operations Michelle Gipson’s vote total was 3,513 or 24.93 percent. The top two candidates move on to the Nov. 3 General Election.
In the race for the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office top slot, incumbent Derek Sanders received 56,437 votes or 70.77 percent, as of Monday afternoon. Challenger Kevin Burton-Crow picked up 23,059 votes or 28.92 percent.
In the race for the Thurston County Assessor's role, JJ Olson received 38,870 votes or 55.41 percent, and Lynda Nashed Zeman pulled in 29,349 votes or 41.84 percent.
In the back and forth race for the Thurston County Clerk's seat, Nicole Miller received 38,802 votes or 50.55 percent, while Garrett Cady checked in with 37,557 votes or 48.92 percent.
The candidates in the sheriff’s office, assessor and clerk races all move on to the Nov. 3 General Election.
Voter turnout stood at 38 percent, as of Monday afternoon with 82,368 ballots cast. For complete unofficial Aug. 4 Primary Election results in Thurston County, click here.
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TheVirtualOne
Checkmate on Clouse.
Tuesday, August 11 Report this
wellnow77
I think the majority of folks voting for Michelle Gipson will NOT be voting for Nic Dunning. Emily Clouse will likely pick up the majority of those votes. Time will tell.
Tuesday, August 11 Report this
SteveA
Dunning makes up some type of party affiliation to mask his right leaning idealogy just like his supplement business makes up information about "health benefits" of the crap he sells to customers (same as the crap he sells to voters).
He would be a commissioner who does not work for the residents of the county, but has some other agenda. Let the voters beware, just like his buyers should beware.
Tuesday, August 11 Report this
Acadian04
The Thurston County old-boy network lives on. We see you.
Wednesday, August 12 Report this
TheVirtualOne
Clouse has no business in any public office after destroying any semblance of credibility, integrity, or competence during her recent term. Her “I’m sorry” isn’t enough. What she should do is pay back the $300,000 in taxpayer money the county had to pay her former employee and lover in their lawsuit, and then go find a job in the private sector where she will be held accountable for her actions. People of this county are sick and tired of these idiots. To add to this, she’s now spreading lies about her military service and associates herself with the Democratic Socialist Party. Citizens have had enough of this kind of nonsense in Thurston County and Washington state. It’s time to take a stand against these corrupt ultraliberal government hacks and put some practical common sense people in office.
Wednesday, August 12 Report this
CobraCommander
TheVirtualOne, if you like that, you'll love this:
https://iran-cost-ticker.com/
https://abcnews.com/US/verdict-reached-trump-organizations-criminal-tax-fraud-trial/story?id=94508551
https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/7cc03e65-d40a-465f-9e88-09dd53d3502f/jec-fact-sheet-on-cost-of-tariffs-for-families-update.pdf
I hope we can agree that financial cheats shouldn't represent any of us on any level.
Wednesday, August 12 Report this
TheVirtualOne
Cobra - The big difference we have is on what can actually be changed. We have a local election with a candidate (Emily Clouse) who needs to (and can) be taken out by voters now. Unless he resigns (like Nixon) the president is not going anywhere. In other words, you’re wasting energy.
Thursday, August 13 Report this
CobraCommander
TheVirtualOne - We can remove that one too or at least lame duck him at midterms in a couple months.
Republicans are fighting like they'll go to jail if they lose, becaise they will. The corruption present in this administration will be talked about for generations.
Thursday, August 13 Report this
CobraCommander
Epstein files are still being blocked from release by trump and his DoJ which in any other timeline would have caused profound backlash but the Republican party is choc full of pedophiles so...
Thursday, August 13 Report this
TheVirtualOne
Cobra - Good luck with your fantasy.
Thursday, August 13 Report this