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PENINSULA DAILY NEWS November 5, 2014 | 75¢
Port Angeles-Sequim-West End
Peach, Winborn lead county races
Election results Unofficial results in contested races:
Riggs, Porter also winning in first tallies
6th Congressional District
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Clallam County
PORT ANGELES — Sheila Roark Miller lost her position as Community Development director to Mary Ellen Winborn, who won 61.82 percent of the vote in the initial count of general election ballots Tuesday. Republican Bill Peach led Democrat Sissi Bruch in the race for the Clallam County commissioner District 3 seat. Republican Mark Nichols of Port Angeles, a former chief deputy prosecutor, appeared headed to take over the job of prosecuting attorney William Payne, who was appointed to the post in January. District Court I Judge Rick Porter of Port Angeles won against challenger Cathy Marshall in his bid for a fourth four-year term. Clallam County’s chief deputy auditor and elections supervisor, Shoona Riggs, had a large lead over her opponent, Kim Yacklin, to fill the job vacated by Auditor Patty Rosand.
Fire levy lid lift OK’d A property tax levy increase that Chief Sam Phillips of Clallam County Fire District 2 said was essential to maintain services was approved. Five contentious county contests, as well as a fire district levy in which fire officials said failure meant cuts were certain, were on the general election ballot. The Clallam County Auditor’s Office counted 18,242 ballots Tuesday out of 46,908 issued for a voter turnout of 38.9 percent, Auditor Patty Rosand said. The Auditor’s Office received
Jefferson County County Commissioner Kathleen Kler Daniel S. Toepper
6,868 56.93% 5,162 42.79%
Sheriff
District-wide Derek Kilmer 91,606 Marty McClendon 53,808 Derek Kilmer 10,105 Marty McClendon 7,614
63.00% 37.00% 57.03% 42.97%
David Stanko Wendy L. Davis
6,361 51.51% 5,893 47.72%
Jefferson PUD Commissioner Tony De Leo Kenneth Collins
4,676 42.96% 6,145 56.47%
Jefferson County Derek Kilmer Marty McClendon
9,102 70.51% 3,761 29.13%
24th Legislative District District-wide Steve Tharinger 21,502 57.13% Thomas Greisamer 16,134 42.87% KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
Mark Nichols, candidate for Clallam County prosecuting attorney, left, is congratulated by his brother, Rob Nichols after early returns showed him leading over William Payne on Tuesday night at the Clallam County Courthouse. pled first-term Community Development Director Roark Miller, 56, a Sequim resident, for a four-year term.. Roark Miller won 38.18 percent of the vote. The job will pay $77,916 in 2015.
Peach
County commissioner
Winborn
In Tuesday’s count, Peach, 59, won 51.28 percent in the race to the 48.72 percent garnered by Bruch, 54, in the race for the county commission. Peach is a retired regional manager for Rayonier Inc., who lives near Beaver. He previously served as Quileute tribe executive director. This was his second run for the commissioner seat. Development Director In 2010, Peach lost in the primary election. Winborn, 54, owner of Winborn Architects of Port Angeles, tramTURN TO ELECTION/A4 3,952 ballots in the mail and in drop boxes on Tuesday that were not counted that day. Rosand expects 7,000 more ballots to come in by Wednesday “and then it’s going to trickle off,” she said. The next count of the approximately 11,000 ballots has been scheduled for Friday, Rosand said.
Clallam County Steve Tharinger 9,012 51.39% Thomas Greisamer 8,525 48.61%
Prosecuting Attorney/Coroner Michael Haas Scott Rosekrans
6,681 61.64% 4,057 37.43%
District Court Judge Jill Landes Cheryl Potebnya
6,149 54.42% 5,100 45.13%
Fire District No. 2 (Quilcene) Proposition 1 — tax levy Yes No
517 259
66.62% 33.38%
Jefferson County Steve Tharinger 8,438 66.27% Thomas Greisamer 4,254 33.41%
Clallam County County Commissioner Sissi Bruch Bill Peach
8,346 48.72% 8,785 51.28%
Auditor Kim Yacklin Shoona Riggs
6,082 41.21% 8,676 58.79%
Community Development Director Mary Ellen Winborn 9,642 61.82% Sheila Roark Miller 5,955 38.18%
Prosecuting Attorney William Payne Mark Nichols
7,224 47.78% 7,896 52.22%
Washington state Initiative 591 (firearms) Statewide Yes No
539,120 45.36% 649,523 54.64%
Clallam County Yes No
9,064 8,715
50.98% 49.02%
Jefferson County Yes No
4,818 8,178
37.07% 62.93%
Initiative 594 (firearms) Statewide Yes No
718,361 480,976
59.90% 40.10%
District Court 1 Judge Rick Porter Cathy Marshall
8,890 58.82% 6,223 41.18%
Fire District No. 2 (Port Angeles-area) Proposition 1 — tax levy Yes No
1,371 60.37% 900 39.63%
Clallam County Yes No
9,750 8,183
54.37% 45.63%
Jefferson County Yes No
8,920 4,235
67.81% 32.19%
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ONP fee boost may be gradual 3-year phase-in ‘doable,’ says superintendent BY PAUL GOTTLIEB PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
PORT ANGELES — It’s “doable” to phase in proposed large entrance-fee hikes in Olympic National Park over three years rather than imposing them in one fell swoop, Park Superintendent Sarah Creachbaum said Tuesday. Creachbaum, appearing at the Port Angeles Business Associa-
tion’s regular breakfast meeting, was urged to spread out the increases that include a hike for a current $15 seven-day pass to $25 and a raise of Creachbaum a $30 annual pass to $50, both 67 percent increases. “I think that’s a great suggestion, and I think that’s doable in the proposal,” Creachbaum said at the meeting, attended by 29 participants. TURN
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