Van De Wege, Benedict, Rosand leading incumbents
November 7th, 2006 - 9:50pm
(Port Angeles) -- Election night results show Peninsula legislative challenger Kevin Van De Wege defeating incumbent 24th District Republican Representative Jim Buck.
District wide numbers have Van De Wege leading Buck 54-point-5 to 45-point-5 percent with a 32-hundred vote lead in Clallam, Grays Harbor and Jefferson Counties.
Clallam County Sheriff Joe Martin is losing his re-election bid against challenger Bill Benedict.
The sheriff's sergeant, Benedict has nearly a two-to-one margin in votes -- close to 66 percent of the tallies in the sheriff's race.
Incumbent Auditor Cathy McKeown is also losing her bid for
re-election.
Elections Supervisor Patty Rosand is leading McKeown 55-point-4 percent to 44-point-5 percent.
The incumbent Clallam PUD Number 1 commissioner from District 3 Ted Simpson is leading challenger Cindy Kelly by just 238 votes.
The 13-point-8 million dollar bond issue for a proposed Port Angeles aquatic center is failing overwhelming with almost 68 percent no votes against only 32 percent yes votes.
A proposed resolution to authorize the Sequim School District to redistrict its school director districts from five districts to three with two at-large positions is passing with almost 69 percent yes votes.
House Majority Leader Lynn Kessler has won re-election unopposed for 24th District Representative Position 2.
In the race for Sixth District Congressman, Democrat Norm Dicks has defeated Republican Doug Cloud.
Incumbent Democrat Senator Maria Cantwell defeated Republican Challenger Mike McGavick.
The Quillayute Valley Parks and Recreation District's one year levy for operation and maintenance of the pool and other district facilities is failing, but by just 18 votes.
15 people will be elected to the Clallam County Charter Review Commission -- the top five candidates in each of the 3 commission districts.
In District 1, the top five candidates are Dave Cummins, Jim Pickett, Sue Forde, Ken Wiersema and Sue Erzen.
In District 2, the top five candidates are Norma Turner, John Miller, Patti Morris, Terry Roth and Mickie Vail.
In District 3, the top five candidates are Patti Adler, Rod Fleck, Randy Simmons, Tom Shindler and Kris Grier.
Several County elected department heads have won re-election unopposed, including County Assessor Pam Rushton, District 3 County Commissioner Mike Doherty, Prosecutor Deb Kelly and County Treasurer Judith Scott.
John Miller has won the election as Director of the County's Department of Community Development unopposed.
Clallam County District Court Judges Rick Porter and Erik Rohrer have been re-elected without opposition.
About 16-thousand-600 ballots were counted in Clallam County Tuesday night. About 93-hundred more ballots will be tallied later this week.
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