Lakewood Council Races Tight After Latest Ballot Drop

LAKEWOOD, WA - As of Wednesday afternoon, nearly 100,000 Pierce County ballots had been counted, leaving about 36,000 left. With less than a majority of votes left to count, the election results released by Pierce County give a good look at the candidates most likely to win.

Here are the latest election results, which were released around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday:

Ballot Measures
Advisory Vote No. 16 - 63.33% repealed, 36.67% maintained
Advisory Vote No. 17 - 70.69% repealed, 29.31% maintained
Advisory Vote No. 18 - 66.56% repealed, 33.44% maintained
Pierce County Measure 46, Filling Vacancies In Office
Yes - 56.68%
No - 43.32%
Pierce County Measure 47, Term Limits
Yes - 36.32%
No - 63.68%

Statewide Races
Legislative District 31, Representative Position 2
Morgan Irwin (R) - 56.66%
Nate Lowry (D) - 43.34%

Legislative District 31, State Senator
Phil Fortunato (R) - 57.42%
Michelle Rylands (D) - 42.58%

Bonney Lake City
Marijuana Retail Sales Advisory Vote
Yes - 35.98%
No - 64.02%

Council Pos. 6
Terry Carter - 52.92%
Pablo Monroy - 47.08%

Gig Harbor City
Mayor
Kit Kuhn - 71.07%
Jill Guernsey - 28.93%

Council Pos. 1
Jeni Woock - 55.9%
Rick Offner - 44.1%

Council Pos. 2
Scott Gray - 14.96%
Robert (Bob) Himes - 85.04%

Council Pos. 3
Jim Franich - 59.4%
Peter Norman - 40.6%

Council Pos. 7
Randy Mueller - 42.35%
Spencer Abersold - 57.65%

Lakewood City
Council Pos. 1
Paul Wagemann - 49.53%
Mary B. Moss - 50.47%

Council Pos. 2
Malcolm Russell - 44.32%
Mike Brandstetter - 55.67%

Council Pos. 5
John Simpson - 68.05%
Ria J. Johnson-Covington - 31.95%

Puyallup City
Council Dist. 1 Pos. 2
Jim Kastama - 63.09%
John Hopkins - 36.91%

Council Dist. 2 Pos. 2
Heather Shadko - 51.87%
Cynthia Jacobsen - 48.13%

Council Dist. 3 Pos. 2
Jeremy Hamel - 24.36%
Julie L. Door - 75.64%

Sumner City
Council Pos. 1
Melony Pederson - 49.49%
Ronald (Ron) Haines - 50.51%

Council Pos. 3
Barbara Bitetto - 52.05%
Steve Allsop - 47.95%

University Place City
Advisory Vote, Prohibition of Fireworks
Yes - 66.61%
No - 33.39%

Council Pos. 1
Betsy Tainer - 45.72%
Javier Figueroa - 54.28%

Council Pos. 3
Steve Worthington - 58.23%
Ken Campbell - 41.77%

Council Pos. 4
Carl J. Mollnow - 34.39%
Ken J. Grassi - 65.61%

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