On Friday, Election Officials in the Mason County Auditor’s Office counted 2,620 ballots from Tuesday’s General Election. The only notable changes are in Shelton’s Transportation Improvements Sale Tax measure and in the 35th District Senator race.
The City of Shelton’s Sales and Use Tax for Transportation Improvements (Transportation Benefits District), is still passing but now by 12 votes. The measure has 50.34% approval. That’s 892 voting “Yes” to keep the TBD and 880 voting “No”.
In the 35th Legislative District State Senator race, Democrat Carolina Majia continues leading incumbent Republican Drew MacEwen but the gap is now 324 votes – down from 800 after Thursday’s numbers were released. Friday’s results show 31,797 (50.21%) voting for Majia and 31,473 (49.7%) voting for MacEwen with 59 write-ins (0.09%).
There were no significant changes in the remaining races.
In the race for Mason County Commissioner District 3, Democrat Miguel Gutierrez remains ahead of Republican George Blush. Gutierrez now has 50.44% (10,645 votes). Blush now has 43.48% (9,176 votes). And there are now 1,284 write-ins or 6.08%. The bulk of the write-ins are assumed to be for Jackie Jewett.
In the race for Mason County Auditor, Democrat Tamra “Tam” Ingwaldson still leads incumbent Republican Steve Duenkel. Ingwaldson now has 52.75% of the vote (11,216) votes) while Duenkel now has 47.1% (10,014 votes) with 31 write-ins (0.15%).
In the race for Mason County Clerk, Tammy Clark maintains her lead on incumbent Charles Rhodes, now 56.5% to 41.12%. Clark now has 10,166 votes to Rhodes’ 7,416 with 412 write-ins which account for 2.29% of the vote.
In the Mason County Treasurer race, Brittany Pearson leads Randy Lewis 55.19% to 44.74%. Pearson now has 11,703 votes to Lewis’ 9,486 votes with 15 write-ins (0.07%).
For Mason PUD 3 Commissioner District 2, Randy Neatherlin continues to lead Mick Sprouffske. Neatherlin has 50.72% (8,943 votes) to 48.37% (8,528 votes) with 160 write-ins (0.91%).
The Southside School District’s Replacement Educational Programs and Operations Levy continues to pass now with 59.61% approval. That’s 400 voting “Yes” and 271 voting “No”.
The Pioneer School District’s Replacement Educational Programs and Operations Levy is still passing now with 58.17% approval. That’s 2,360 voting “Yes” and 1,697 voting “No”.
Timberland Regional Library District’s Regular Property Tax Levy Lid Lift for Library Services, Operations and Maintenance is still passing now with 55.94% approval across the five counties: Grays Harbor, Lewis, Mason, Pacific and Thurston. That’s 106,506 voting “Yes” and 83,902 voting “No”. When you look at individual county results, voters in Lewis County rejected the measure with 54.66% “No”.
For 35th Legislative District State Representative Position 1, incumbent Republican Dan Griffey’ leads Democrat Jim Pierson 51.82% to 48.07%. That’s 32,742 voting for Griffey and 30,369 voting for Pierson with 69 write-ins (0.11%).
Incumbent Republican Travis Couture leads Democrat Maria Littlesun for 35th Legislative District State Representative Position 2, 51.78% to 48.11%. Couture now has 32,693 votes to Littlesun’s 30,372 votes with 68 write-ins (0.11%).
In the race for 6th Congressional District U.S. Representative, incumbent Democrat Emily Randall continues to lead Republican challenger Teresa Fox, now 63.77% (199,436 votes) to 36.05% (112,753 votes).
State Measures:
Initiative 645 – repealing the millionaires tax:
57.67% voting “No”
Initiative 001 – repealing amendments to certain rights of parents:
52.14% voting “No”
Initiative 638 – prohibiting biological males from girls’ sports:
56.49% voting “Yes”
Supreme Court:
Supreme Court – Justice Position #01:
Colleen Melody leads Scott Edwards 59.57% to 40.18%
Supreme Court – Justice Position #03:
Jaime Michelle Hawk leads David Stevens 57.37% to 42.32%
Supreme Court – Justice Position #04:
Sean O’Donnell leads Ian Birk 50.89% to 48.74%
Supreme Court – Justice Position #05:
Theo Angelis leads Dave Larson 55.26% to 44.45%
Supreme Court – Justice Position #07:
Debra Stephens leads Todd Bloom 63.15% to 36.56%
Election officials in the Mason County Auditor’s Office counted 21,759 ballots from Tuesday night’s election. There are an estimated 9,000 ballots left to be counted in the County, over 350,000 in the State. Additional results are expected around 6 PM Monday, November 9, 2026.