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Whatcom County Election Division | November 3, 2015 General Election

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November 3, 2015 General Election

Last updated on 11/23/2015 5:34 PM

Number of Precincts177
Number of Registered Voters129,345
Total Ballots Counted61,136
Estimated Ballots Left to Count
Next Ballot Count OnFINAL
Last Tabulated11/23/2015 5:34 PM
Voter Turnout47.27%
Certification Date11/24/2015
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State Measures
State Measures Initiative Measure No. 1366 concerns state taxes and fees.
MeasureVoteVote %
Yes
29,93351.07%
No
28,67448.93%
Total Votes58,607100%
State Measures Initiative Measure No. 1401 concerns trafficking of animal species threatened with extinction.
MeasureVoteVote %
Yes
37,86464.27%
No
21,05135.73%
Total Votes58,915100%
Advisory Votes Advisory Vote No. 10 Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1449
CandidateVoteVote %
Repealed
28,61850.93%
Maintained
27,57049.07%
Total Votes56,188100%
Advisory Votes Advisory Vote No. 11 Second Substitute Senate Bill 5052
CandidateVoteVote %
Repealed
27,53148.49%
Maintained
29,24151.51%
Total Votes56,772100%
Advisory Votes Advisory Vote No. 12 Second Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5987
CandidateVoteVote %
Repealed
35,21662.4%
Maintained
21,21937.6%
Total Votes56,435100%
Advisory Votes Advisory Vote No. 13 Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6138
CandidateVoteVote %
Repealed
35,83064.4%
Maintained
19,80535.6%
Total Votes55,635100%
County
Whatcom County Proposition No. 2015-1 Jail Facilities Sales And Use Tax
MeasureVoteVote %
Approved
28,32048.58%
Rejected
29,98151.42%
Total Votes58,301100%
Whatcom County Proposition No. 1 Method of Electing Council Members
MeasureVoteVote %
Approved
31,00353.06%
Rejected
27,42646.94%
Total Votes58,429100%
Whatcom County Proposition No. 2 Limiting Power of Council to Amend Charter
MeasureVoteVote %
Approved
29,63651.6%
Rejected
27,80048.4%
Total Votes57,436100%
Whatcom County Proposition No. 3 Limiting Power of Council to Amend Charter's Election Provisions
MeasureVoteVote %
Approved
29,48651.58%
Rejected
27,68348.42%
Total Votes57,169100%
Whatcom County Proposition No. 4 Word Limit for Ballot Questions
MeasureVoteVote %
Approved
47,44884.22%
Rejected
8,89015.78%
Total Votes56,338100%
Whatcom County Proposition No. 5 Lowering Threshold for Initiative and Referendum Signatures
MeasureVoteVote %
Approved
28,76650.84%
Rejected
27,81949.16%
Total Votes (not including write-ins)56,585
Whatcom County Proposition No. 6 Lowering the Number of Signatures Required for Citizen Initiatives to Amend Charter
MeasureVoteVote %
Approved
34,64361.29%
Rejected
21,88338.71%
Total Votes (not including write-ins)56,526
Whatcom County Proposition No. 7 Term Limits for County Executive and Council Members
MeasureVoteVote %
Approved
39,43069.38%
Rejected
17,40630.62%
Total Votes56,836100%
Whatcom County Proposition No. 8 Altering Composition of Districting Commission
MeasureVoteVote %
Approved
24,86946.38%
Rejected
28,74953.62%
Total Votes53,618100%
Whatcom County Proposition No. 9 Number of Council Districts and At-Large Council Positions
MeasureVoteVote %
Approved
31,09654.03%
Rejected
26,46045.97%
Total Votes57,556100%
Whatcom County Proposition No. 10 Amendments by the Charter Review Commission and the County Council
MeasureVoteVote %
Approved
29,58452.5%
Rejected
26,76347.5%
Total Votes56,347100%
Whatcom County Executive
CandidateVoteVote %
Jack Louws
37,31970.34%
Joy Gilfilen
15,73429.66%
Total Votes (not including write-ins)53,053
Whatcom County Council District 1 Position B
CandidateVoteVote %
Todd Donovan
30,75355.12%
Bruce Ayers
25,04344.88%
Total Votes (not including write-ins)55,796
Whatcom County Council District 2 Position B
CandidateVoteVote %
Satpal Sidhu
29,39250.76%
Kathy Kershner
28,51649.24%
Total Votes (not including write-ins)57,908
Whatcom County Council District 3 Position B
CandidateVoteVote %
Barbara Brenner
39,852
Total Votes (not including write-ins)39,852
Whatcom County Assessor
CandidateVoteVote %
Keith Willnauer
39,860
Total Votes (not including write-ins)39,860
Whatcom County Auditor
CandidateVoteVote %
Debbie Adelstein
41,865
Total Votes (not including write-ins)41,865
Whatcom County Sheriff
CandidateVoteVote %
Bill Elfo
42,197
Total Votes (not including write-ins)42,197
Whatcom County Treasurer
CandidateVoteVote %
Steven Oliver
40,579
Total Votes (not including write-ins)40,579
Port
Port of Bellingham All Commissioner District 3
CandidateVoteVote %
Robert (Bobby) Briscoe
30,99755.58%
Gary S. Jensen
24,77544.42%
Total Votes (not including write-ins)55,772
City/Town
City of Bellingham Mayor
CandidateVoteVote %
Kelli Linville
15,859
Total Votes (not including write-ins)15,859
City of Bellingham Council Ward 1
CandidateVoteVote %
April Barker
15,088
Total Votes (not including write-ins)15,088
City of Bellingham Council Ward 3
CandidateVoteVote %
Dan Hammill
14,565
Total Votes (not including write-ins)14,565
City of Bellingham Council Ward 5
CandidateVoteVote %
Terry Bornemann
14,540
Total Votes (not including write-ins)14,540
City of Bellingham Council Ward At Large
CandidateVoteVote %
Roxanne Murphy
15,096
Total Votes (not including write-ins)15,096
City of Blaine Ward 1 Position 1
CandidateVoteVote %
Steve A. Lawrenson
1,073
Total Votes (not including write-ins)1,073
City of Blaine Ward 2 Position 3
CandidateVoteVote %
Dennis Olason
1,047
Total Votes (not including write-ins)1,047
City of Blaine Ward 3 Position 5
CandidateVoteVote %
Mary Lou Steward
1,030
Total Votes (not including write-ins)1,030
City of Everson Council Position 4
CandidateVoteVote %
Eric Oettel
382
Total Votes (not including write-ins)382
City of Everson Council Position 5
CandidateVoteVote %
Joel Vande Hoef
356
Total Votes (not including write-ins)356
City of Ferndale Proposition No. 2015-1 Creation of Ferndale Metropolitan Park District
MeasureVoteVote %
For the formation of a metropolitan park district to be governed by the City Council of Ferndale as the ex officio Board of the metropolitan park district commissioners.
1,16740.56%
Against the formation of a metropolitan park district.
1,71059.44%
Total Votes2,877100%
City of Ferndale Mayor
CandidateVoteVote %
Jon Mutchler
1,67051.59%
Cathy Watson
1,56748.41%
Total Votes (not including write-ins)3,237
City of Ferndale Council Position 1
CandidateVoteVote %
Rebecca Xczar
2,223
Total Votes (not including write-ins)2,223
City of Ferndale Council Position 2
CandidateVoteVote %
Greg Hansen
2,305
Total Votes (not including write-ins)2,305
City of Ferndale Council Position 3
CandidateVoteVote %
Keith M. Olson
1,79365.18%
Glenn Stewart
95834.82%
Total Votes (not including write-ins)2,751
City of Ferndale Council Position 4
CandidateVoteVote %
Paul S. Ingram
1,41248.96%
Teresa N. Taylor
1,47251.04%
Total Votes (not including write-ins)2,884
City of Lynden Council Position 1
CandidateVoteVote %
Gary L. Bode
3,320
Total Votes (not including write-ins)3,320
City of Lynden Council Position 2
CandidateVoteVote %
Ronald De Valois
3,210
Total Votes (not including write-ins)3,210
City of Lynden Council Position 3
CandidateVoteVote %
Gerald (Jerry) Kuiken
3,143
Total Votes (not including write-ins)3,143
City of Lynden Council Position 4
CandidateVoteVote %
Brent Lenssen
3,172
Total Votes (not including write-ins)3,172
City of Nooksack Council Position 4
CandidateVoteVote %
Scott Bodven
237
Total Votes (not including write-ins)237
City of Nooksack Council Position 5
CandidateVoteVote %
Marshall Judy
241
Total Votes (not including write-ins)241
City of Sumas Council Position 3
CandidateVoteVote %
Todd Daniels
223
Total Votes (not including write-ins)223
City of Sumas Council Position 5
CandidateVoteVote %
Gary de Bont
232
Total Votes (not including write-ins)232
School
Bellingham School District 501 Director Position 1
CandidateVoteVote %
Camille Diaz Hackler
17,484
Total Votes (not including write-ins)17,484
Bellingham School District 501 Director Position 2
CandidateVoteVote %
Quenby Peterson
15,64372.95%
Jono Manion
5,80027.05%
Total Votes (not including write-ins)21,443
Bellingham School District 501 Director Position 3
CandidateVoteVote %
Kelly M. Bashaw
17,193
Total Votes (not including write-ins)17,193
Bellingham School District 501 Director Position 5
CandidateVoteVote %
Douglas W. Benjamin
17,126
Total Votes (not including write-ins)17,126
Ferndale School District 502 Director District 1
CandidateVoteVote %
Kevin Erickson
6,225
Total Votes (not including write-ins)6,225
Ferndale School District 502 Director District 2
CandidateVoteVote %
Stuart McKay
6,010
Total Votes (not including write-ins)6,010
Ferndale School District 502 Director District 3
CandidateVoteVote %
Hugh Foulke
6,046
Total Votes (not including write-ins)6,046
Blaine School District 503 Director District 1
CandidateVoteVote %
John Freal
3,398
Total Votes (not including write-ins)3,398
Blaine School District 503 Director District 2
CandidateVoteVote %
Todd Berge
3,247
Total Votes (not including write-ins)3,247
Blaine School District 503 Director District 3
CandidateVoteVote %
Joan Lotze
2,57868.35%
Russ Schutt
1,19431.65%
Total Votes (not including write-ins)3,772
Blaine School District 503 Director District 4
CandidateVoteVote %
Charles Gibson
3,260
Total Votes (not including write-ins)3,260
Lynden School District 504 Director Position 1
CandidateVoteVote %
Dominic Shiu
3,873
Total Votes (not including write-ins)3,873
Lynden School District 504 Director Position 2
CandidateVoteVote %
Brian L. Johnson
4,157
Total Votes (not including write-ins)4,157
Lynden School District 504 Director Position 3
CandidateVoteVote %
Kevin Burke
4,131
Total Votes (not including write-ins)4,131
Meridian School District 505 Director District 1
CandidateVoteVote %
Craig L. Wasilewski
2,064
Total Votes (not including write-ins)2,064
Meridian School District 505 Director District 4
CandidateVoteVote %
Marty Gray
2,017
Total Votes (not including write-ins)2,017
Meridian School District 505 Director District 5
CandidateVoteVote %
John Bosche
1,974
Total Votes (not including write-ins)1,974
Nooksack Valley School District 506 Director District 3
CandidateVoteVote %
Cheryl Thornton
1,965
Total Votes (not including write-ins)1,965
Nooksack Valley School District 506 Director District 4
CandidateVoteVote %
Chris Haugen
1,984
Total Votes (not including write-ins)1,984
Nooksack Valley School District 506 Director District 5
CandidateVoteVote %
Mark Olson
1,973
Total Votes (not including write-ins)1,973
Mt Baker School District 507 Director District 2
CandidateVoteVote %
Ellen Dodson
2,732
Total Votes (not including write-ins)2,732
Mt Baker School District 507 Director District 3
CandidateVoteVote %
Trish Hart
2,619
Total Votes (not including write-ins)2,619
Mt Baker School District 507 Director District 5
CandidateVoteVote %
Russ Pfeiffer-Hoyt
2,644
Total Votes (not including write-ins)2,644

Concrete School District 11 Director District 2
*Multi-county race. Results include only Whatcom County.
CandidateVoteVote %
Michael Brondi
5
Total Votes (not including write-ins)5

Concrete School District 11 Director District 5, At-Large
*Multi-county race. Results include only Whatcom County.
CandidateVoteVote %
Dolores Elliott
4
Total Votes (not including write-ins)4
Fire
Fire Protection District 1 Proposition No. 2015-1 Restoring Regular Property Tax Levy
MeasureVoteVote %
Yes
1,53555.22%
No
1,24544.78%
Total Votes2,780100%
Fire Protection District 1 Commissioner Position 1
CandidateVoteVote %
Tim Wells
2,040
Total Votes (not including write-ins)2,040
Fire Protection District 4 Commissioner Position 1
CandidateVoteVote %
Harry W. Andrews
1,95983.58%
Peter H. Arkison
38516.42%
Total Votes (not including write-ins)2,344
Fire Protection District 5 Commissioner Position 1
CandidateVoteVote %
Stan Riffle
17852.05%
Judson Meraw
16447.95%
Total Votes (not including write-ins)342
Fire Protection District 7 Commissioner Position 1
CandidateVoteVote %
Al Saab
4,407
Total Votes (not including write-ins)4,407
Fire Protection District 8 Commissioner Position 3
CandidateVoteVote %
Robert Neher
1,107
Total Votes (not including write-ins)1,107
Fire Protection District 11 Proposition No. 2015-1 Emergency Medical Services Property Tax Levy
MeasureVoteVote %
Yes
31774.94%
No
10625.06%
Total Votes423100%
Fire Protection District 11 Commissioner Position 1
CandidateVoteVote %
Ed Scott
327
Total Votes (not including write-ins)327
Fire Protection District 14 Proposition No. 2015-1 Authorizing Increase of Previous Property Tax Levies
MeasureVoteVote %
Yes
83056.58%
No
63743.42%
Total Votes1,467100%
Fire Protection District 14 Commissioner Position 1
CandidateVoteVote %
Larry (Skip) Moore
1,079
Total Votes (not including write-ins)1,079
Fire Protection District 16 Commissioner Position 1
CandidateVoteVote %
Ryan Lenssen
378
Total Votes (not including write-ins)378
Fire Protection District 17 Proposition No. 2015-1 Authorizing Regular Property Tax Levy
MeasureVoteVote %
Yes
32063.87%
No
18136.13%
Total Votes501100%
Fire Protection District 17 Commissioner Position 1
CandidateVoteVote %
Anthony Cannizzaro
347
Total Votes (not including write-ins)347
Fire Protection District 18 Commissioner Position 1
CandidateVoteVote %
Patrick Bistline
247
Total Votes (not including write-ins)247
Fire Protection District 21 Commissioner Position 1
CandidateVoteVote %
Dean Whitney
3,26746.53%
John Crawford
3,75453.47%
Total Votes (not including write-ins)7,021
Glacier Fire and Rescue Commissioner Position 1
CandidateVoteVote %
Tim Coralline
91
Total Votes (not including write-ins)91
South Whatcom Fire Authority Commissioner District 1
CandidateVoteVote %
Tom Ekdahl
58618.9%
Brian Martin
2,51581.1%
Total Votes (not including write-ins)3,101
South Whatcom Fire Authority Commissioner District 2
CandidateVoteVote %
James Willson
2,442
Total Votes (not including write-ins)2,442
South Whatcom Fire Authority Commissioner District 4
CandidateVoteVote %
Stefen Paige
1,93864.77%
John B. Parks
1,05435.23%
Total Votes (not including write-ins)2,992
Water
Water District 2 Commissioner Position 1
CandidateVoteVote %
Chuck Foster
330
Total Votes (not including write-ins)330
Point Roberts Water District 4 Commissioner Position 1
CandidateVoteVote %
Madeleine Anderson
297
Total Votes (not including write-ins)297
Point Roberts Water District 4 Commissioner Position 3
CandidateVoteVote %
Arthur S. Reber
19257.49%
Wayne Knowles
14242.51%
Total Votes (not including write-ins)334
Water District 7 Commissioner Position 1
CandidateVoteVote %
Thomas Rhone
399
Total Votes (not including write-ins)399
Birch Bay Water and Sewer District Commissioner Position 1
CandidateVoteVote %
Carl Reichhardt
1,720
Total Votes (not including write-ins)1,720
Lake Whatcom Water and Sewer District Commissioner District 1
CandidateVoteVote %
Laura Lee Weide
1,945
Total Votes (not including write-ins)1,945
Lake Whatcom Water and Sewer District Commissioner District 3
CandidateVoteVote %
Bruce Ford
1,960
Total Votes (not including write-ins)1,960
Lake Whatcom Water and Sewer District Commissioner District 4
CandidateVoteVote %
Leslie McRoberts
1,958
Total Votes (not including write-ins)1,958
Samish Water District Commissioner Position 1
CandidateVoteVote %
Gordon J. Nolan
221
Total Votes (not including write-ins)221
Water District 13 Commissioner Position 1
CandidateVoteVote %
Larry Davis
116
Total Votes (not including write-ins)116
Water District 13 Commissioner Position 3
CandidateVoteVote %
Jackque Fowler
132
Total Votes (not including write-ins)132
Water District 13 Commissioner Position 5
CandidateVoteVote %
Phil Cloward
9153.22%
Jeff Larsen
8046.78%
Total Votes (not including write-ins)171
Glacier Water District 14 Commissioner Position 1
CandidateVoteVote %
Connie Cook
61
Total Votes (not including write-ins)61
Columbia Valley Water District Commissioner Position 1
CandidateVoteVote %
Richard Banel
16254.18%
Gerry Zimmerman
13745.82%
Total Votes (not including write-ins)299
Cemetery
Cemetery District 1 Commissioner Position 1
CandidateVoteVote %
John F. LaMonte
176
Total Votes (not including write-ins)176
Cemetery District 2 Commissioner Position 3
CandidateVoteVote %
Janet Lutz-Smith
338
Total Votes (not including write-ins)338
Cemetery District 3 Commissioner Position 1
CandidateVoteVote %
Robert Straka
102
Total Votes (not including write-ins)102
Cemetery District 4 Commissioner Position 1
CandidateVoteVote %
John Groom
1,250
Total Votes (not including write-ins)1,250
Cemetery District 6 Commissioner Position 1
CandidateVoteVote %
Julie Hughes
3,654
Total Votes (not including write-ins)3,654
Cemetery District 7 Commissioner Position 1
CandidateVoteVote %
Leonard Sund
1,149
Total Votes (not including write-ins)1,149
Cemetery District 9 Commissioner Position 1
CandidateVoteVote %
Tom Jones
1,283
Total Votes (not including write-ins)1,283
Cemetery District 10 Commissioner Position 1
CandidateVoteVote %
Richard Decima
3,771
Total Votes (not including write-ins)3,771
Cemetery District 10 Commissioner Position 2
CandidateVoteVote %
Troy Luginbill
3,929
Total Votes (not including write-ins)3,929
Cemetery District 11 Commissioner Position 1
CandidateVoteVote %
Roderic Perry
164
Total Votes (not including write-ins)164
Park and Recreation
Point Roberts Park and Recreation District 1 Commissioner Position 1
CandidateVoteVote %
Bennett Blaustein
271
Total Votes (not including write-ins)271
Point Roberts Park and Recreation District 1 Commissioner Position 2
CandidateVoteVote %
Stephen T. Falk
272
Total Votes (not including write-ins)272
Point Roberts Park and Recreation District 1 Commissioner Position 5
CandidateVoteVote %
Linda Hughes
279
Total Votes (not including write-ins)279
Blaine-Birch Bay Park and Recreation District 2 Commissioner Position 1
CandidateVoteVote %
Richard C. Sturgill
3,173
Total Votes (not including write-ins)3,173
Blaine-Birch Bay Park and Recreation District 2 Commissioner Position 3
CandidateVoteVote %
Jeffery Carrington
2,998
Total Votes (not including write-ins)2,998
Blaine-Birch Bay Park and Recreation District 2 Commissioner Position 5
CandidateVoteVote %
Douglas Robertson
2,861
Total Votes (not including write-ins)2,861
Lynden Regional Park and Recreation District 3 Commissioner Position 2
CandidateVoteVote %
Ronald Van Soest
4,494
Total Votes (not including write-ins)4,494
Lynden Regional Park and Recreation District 3 Commissioner Position 3
CandidateVoteVote %
Robert (Bob) Bandarra
4,111
Total Votes (not including write-ins)4,111
Lynden Regional Park and Recreation District 3 Commissioner Position 5
CandidateVoteVote %
Barbara Daley
1,78334.28%
Hank Roorda
3,41865.72%
Total Votes (not including write-ins)5,201
Chuckanut Community Forest Park District Chuckanut Park Commissioner Position 2
CandidateVoteVote %
John Hymas
2,586
Total Votes (not including write-ins)2,586
Public Hospital
Hospital District 304 Commissioner Position 1
*Multi-county race. Results include only Whatcom County.
CandidateVoteVote %
Andrew C. Hunter
4
Total Votes (not including write-ins)4
Point Roberts Public Hospital District Commissioner Position 3
CandidateVoteVote %
Kandace (Kandy) Harper
268
Total Votes (not including write-ins)268