Grant and Adams county tentative election results for Nov. 2022
STAFF REPORT | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 3 years, 1 month AGO
The ballot dropoff box at the Grant County Courthouse was busy Tuesday afternoon as voters dropped off their ballots to select a new county commissioner, sheriff and other officials.
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The results below are not official until confirmed. Only opposed races are indicated. Additional election results will be provided as they are available. Counts below are as of 8:12 p.m. from the Washington Secretary of State’s office. Additional ballots may be outstanding and counted provided they were postmarked by Nov. 8, 2022.
Adams County:
Registered voters: 7,859
Voted: 2,050
About 800 ballots left to count
Turnout: 26.08%
Commissioner Dist. 3
Miguel A. “Mike” Garza (R) – 858
Terry Thompson (R) – 953
Sheriff
Dale J. Wagner (R) – 1,091
Matthew Carlson (R) – 832
Hosp. Dist. 2
EMS Levy
Approved – 661
Rejected – 305
Fire Dist. 4
Operations Levy
Approved – 4
Rejected – 0
Washtucna
Parks & Rec Levy
Approved – 32
Rejected – 34
Lind
Parks & Rec Levy
Approved – 126
Rejected – 65
Cemetery Dist. 1
Operations Levy
Approved – 47
Rejected – 18
Cemetery Dist. 3
Operations Levy
Approved – 115
Rejected – 76
Grant County:
Registered voters: 47,739
Voted: 13,621
About 9,200 ballots left to count
Turnout: 28.53%
Assessor
Melissa McKnight (R) – 10,367
James H. Liebrecht (I) – 2,565
Auditor
Michele Jaderlund (R) – 9,681
Richard Stevens (I) – 3,178
Clerk
Kimberly Allen (R) – 8,297
Marla D. Roduner (I) – 3,393
Commissioner (Dist. 3)
Cindy Carter (R) – 7,269
Jeff Foster (R) – 4,609
Sheriff
Joey Kriete (R) – 7,252
Joe Harris (R) – 4,960
Superior Court
Anna Gigliotti – 6,441
Melissa Chlarson – 5,576
Ephrata SD Prop. 1
Tech & Infrastructure
Yes – 1,217
No – 967
Ephrata SD Prop. 2
School bus funding
Yes – 1,301
No – 885
Grand Coulee SD Prop. 1
Operations Levy
Yes – 227
No – 232
City of Mattawa Prop. 1
Yes – 24
No – 2
Grant Fire Dist. 7 Prop. 1
EMS funding levy
Yes – 538
No – 243
Grant Fire Dist. 8 Prop. 1
Approved – 172
Rejected – 174
Wilson Creek Cemetery 2 Prop. 1
Yes – 66
No – 32
Washington:
Registered voters: 4,805,688
Voted: 893,694
About 370,548 ballots left to count
Turnout: 18.6%
U.S. Senator
Patty Murray (D) – 951,877
Tiffany Smiley (R) – 700,934
Congressional Dist. 4
Dan Newhouse (R) – 72,263
Doug White (D) – 33,679
Sec. of State
Steve Hobbs (D) – 808,705
Julie Anderson (I) – 748,983
WA Senator (Dist. 7)
Jacquelin Maycumber (R) – 21,883
Lonny Ray Williams (R) – 7,374
WA Senator (Dist. 15)
Nikki Torres (R) – 6,701
Lindsey Keesling (D) – 3,056
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