Final election turnout almost 79%, results certified

Almost 79% of registered Mason County voters cast ballots in the Nov. 5 general election.

That’s the updated numbers from the Mason County Auditor’s Office on Nov. 18. The results were certified Tuesday.

In the ballot count, President elect Donald Trump received 17,922 votes in Mason County for 49.35%, and Democrat Kamala Harris 17,064 votes for 47.07%. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. received 663 votes for 1.83%. In the races for the Mason County Commission, Independent Randy Neatherlin got 18,811 votes for 55.08% and Republican William Harris 15,138 votes for 44.32%, earning Neatherlin a fourth term representing District 1.

In the race to represent District 2 on the Mason County Commission, Republican Pat Tarzwell received 17,585 votes for 52.51% to defeat Tom Beben, who stated no party preference and had 15,783 votes for 47.13%. Republican Travis Couture earned a second term as a state representative in Position 2 in the 35th District with 51,742 votes for 58.58% and Democrat James DeHart 36,489 votes for 41.31%.

Running unopposed, Republican Dan Griffey received 64,699 votes for 94.74% to secure another term in Position 1 representing the 35th District.

In the race to replace Derek Kilmer representing Washington’s 6th Congressional District, Democrat Emily Randall received 238,801 votes for 56.73% to defeat Republican Drew MacEwen, who has 181,400 votes for 43.09%. MacEwen will continue his term representing District 35 in the state Senate.

In Mason County, U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell received 17,449 votes for 49.45% and her Republican challenger Raul Garcia 17,678 votes for 50.1%. But statewide, Cantwell received 2,247,185 votes for 59.1% to earn a fifth term in the U.S. Senate.

Likewise, state Attorney General Bob Ferguson, a Democrat, received 16,037 votes in Mason County for 44.69% in the gubernatorial race and Republican Dave Reichert 19,730 votes for 54.92%, but Ferguson received 55.8% of the vote statewide