Washington State Election Results

FOR THE RECORD: 11-10-00 Total incorrect: In the latest election tally, incumbent Democrat Christine Gregoire has received 917,062 votes, or 56 percent, easily defeating Republican Richard Pope in the Washington attorney general race. Pope received 635,177 votes, or 39 percent. Gregoire’s total was incorrect in the election results listed in Wednesday’s edition.

Here are the latest results from Tuesday’s general election in Washington state, with some ballots still to be counted. In partisan races, D denotes Democrat, R means Republican, LIB is Libertarian, I is Independent, RFM is Reform, NM is Natural Medicine, SOC is Socialist, GRN is Green Party, WW is Workers World, CST is Constitutionalist, FDM is Freedom Party, SW is Socialist Workers and NL is Natural Law. Money measures require 60 percent approval to pass.

Federal offices U.S. President Al Gore (D) 884,363 (50%) George W. Bush (R) 795,679 (45%) Harry Browne (LIB) 9,075 (1%) David McReynolds (SOC) 433 (0%) Ralph Nader (GRN) 69,737 (4%) Monica Moorehead (WW) 1,201 (0%) Howard Phillips (CST) 1,321 (0%) Patrick Buchanan (FDM) 4,961 (0%) James E. Harris (SW) 214 (0%) John Hagelin (NL) 1,878 (0%)

U.S. Senate Maria Cantwell (D) 849,057 (49%) Slade Gorton (R) 852,254 (49%) Jeff Jared (LIB) 44,895 (3%)

U.S. House, District 4 Doc Hastings (R) 105,919 (61%) Fred Krauss (LIB) 3,159 (2%) Jim Davis (D) 63,974 (37%)

U.S. House, District 5 George Nethercutt Jr. (R) 119,520 (56%) Tom Keefe (D) 82,047 (39%) Greg Holmes (LIB) 11,164 (5%)

State Offices Supreme Court, Position 2 Jeff Sullivan 624,037 (47%) Susan J. Owens 711,516 (53%)

Supreme Court, Position 7 Bobbe Bridge 1,090,944 (100%)

Supreme Court, Position 8 Gerry Alexander 1,069,785 (100%)

Supreme Court, Position 9 Tom Chambers 725,052 (56%) Jim Foley 567,084 (44%)

Court of Appeals, Division 3, District 1 Position 1 John Schultheis 126,196 (100%)

Governor Gary Locke (D) 1,021,310 (58%) John Carlson (R) 702,598 (40%) Steve LePage (LIB) 32,993 (2%) Lieutenant Governor Brad Owen (D) 883,076 (54%) Ruth Bennett (LIB) 124,137 (8%) Wm. “Mike” Elliott (R) 634,423 (39%)

Secretary of State Chris Loftis (RFM) 33,967 (2%) Sam Reed (R) 749,458 (46%) Don Bonker (D) 771,004 (48%) J. Bradley Gibson (LIB) 64,725 (4%)

Treasurer Mike Murphy (D) 899,620 (55%) Diane Rhoades (R) 655,468 (40%) Tim Perman (LIB) 65,991 (4%)

Auditor Brian Sonntag (D) 918,288 (57%) Chris Caputo (LIB) 84,154 (5%) Richard McEntee (R) 603,161 (38%)

Attorney General Christine Gregoire (D) 635,177 (56%) Stan Lippmann (NM) 14,989 (1%) Luanne Coachman (NL) 16,900 (1%) Richard Pope (R) 635,177 (39%) Richard Shepard (LIB) 64,524 (4%)

Commissioner of Public Lands Doug Sutherland (R) 817,763 (49%) Mike Lowry (D) 759,740 (46%) Steve Layman (LIB) 86,561 (5%)

State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler (D) 833,959 (53%) Don Davidson (R) 673,370 (43%) Mike Hihn (LIB) 65,147 (4%)

Superintendent Public Instruction Teresa Bergeson 1,186,069 (100%)

Legislature, 3rd District Senator Lisa Brown (D) 22,535 (100%)

House, Position 1 Alex Wood (D) 17,686 (68%) Drew Lesofski (R) 8,279 (32%)

House, Position 2 Jeff Gombosky (D) 16,829 (69%) Michael Parks (R) 7,654 (31%)

4th District Senator Bob McCaslin (R) 24,691 (62%) Rob Chase (LIB) 1,673 (4%) Jim Peck (D) 13,705 (34%)

House, Position 1 Larry Crouse (R) 24,025 (62%) Carol Ford-Duncan (D) 14,524 (38%)

House, Position 2 Lynn Schindler (R) 21,761 (60%) John Kallas (D) 14,479 (40%)

6th District House, Position 1 Brad Benson (R) 23,489 (56%) Jesda Gulati (LIB) 907 (2%) Bernie Nelson (D) 17,775 (42%)

House, Position 2 John Ahern (R) 19,527 (48%) Bonnie Varner (LIB) 1,470 (4%) Jack Geraghty (D) 19,487 (48%)

7th District House, Position 1 Bob Sump (R) 28,347 (67%) Ronald Lloyd McCoy (D) 13,775 (33%)

House, Position 2 Gary McKinney (D) 11,806 (30%) Cathy McMorris (R) 27,428 (70%)

9th District Senator Larry Sheahan (R) 24,246 (84%) Randall Keeney (LIB) 4,471 (16%)

House, Position 1 Don Cox (R) 19,560 (64%) Mike Johnson (D) 10.817 (36%)

House, Position 2 Mark G. Schoesler (R) 22,572 (80%) John Gearhart (LIB) 5,651 (20%)

12th District Senator Linda Evans Parlette (R) 28,268 (100%)

House, Position 1 Clyde Ballard (R) 27,592 (100%)

House, Position 2 Mike Armstrong (R) 22,751 (69%) Todd R. Smith (D) 10,409 (31%)

13th District House, Position 1 Gary Chandler (R) 25,941 (72%) Aaron Anderson (D) 9,946 (28%)

House, Position 2 Joyce Mulliken (R) 24,715 (70%) Michael Pearson (D) 10,794 (30%)

Initiative 713 Ban some animal trapping Yes 930,329 (54%) No 783,245 (46%)

Initiative 722 Nullify tax increases Yes 935,212 (57%) No 703,305 (43%)

Initiative 728: School funding Yes 1,218,513 (72%) No .. 482,821 (28%)

Initiative 729 Allow charter schools Yes 811,130 (49%) No 854,038 (51%)

Initiative 732 Annual teacher raises Yes 1,060,698 (62%) No 643,475 (38%)

Initiative 745 Shift money to roads Yes 705,897 (42%) No 965,005 (58%)

Joint Resolution 8214: Invest disability trust funds Yes 1,007,783 (63%) No 585,177 (37%)

SPOKANE COUNTY Federal Offices U.S. President Al Gore (D) 63,017 (43.7%) George W. Bush (R) 74,383 (51.6%) Harry Browne (LIB) 667 (0.4%) David McReynolds (SOC) 39 (0.0%) Ralph Nader (GRN) 5,164 (3.5%) Monica Moorehead (WW) 94 (0.0%) Howard Phillips (CST) 179 (0.1%) Patrick Buchanan (FDM) 482 (0.3%) James E. Harris (SW) 15 (0.0%) John Hagelin (NL) 105 (0.0%)

U.S. Senate Maria Cantwell (D) 62,202 (43.3%) Slade Gorton (R) 77,917 (54.2%) Jeff Jared (LIB) 3,514 (2.4%)

District 5 George Nethercutt Jr. (R) 77,315 (54.7%) Tom Keefe (D) 58,693 (41.5%) Greg Holmes (LIB) 5,261 (3.7%)

Commissioner District 1 John Roskelley (D) 73,763 (54.2%) Karl Wilkinson (R) 62,239 (45.7%)

District 2 Kate McCaslin (R) 78,913 (59.5%) Bill Burke (D) 53,539 (40.4%)

City of Spokane Mayor John Powers 34,331 (55.2%) John Talbott 27,791 (44.7%)

Council President Rob Higgins 30,872 (52.9%) Steve Corker 27,454 (47%)

City of Airway Heights Adopt Council/Manager Government Yes 323 (56.3%) No 250 (43.6%)

City of Deer Park Ban personal fireworks sales, use Yes 356 (38.9%) No 557 (61%)

City of Medical Lake EMS Levy Yes 654 (67.6%) No 313 (32.3%)

Town of Rockford EMS, Fire Levy Yes 108 (68.3%) No 50 (31.6%)

City of Spokane Fluoridation Yes 30,526 (48.9%) No 31,865 (51.0%)

Charter Amendment 1 (Hiring Preferences) Yes 34,855 (64.9%) No 18,798 (35%)

Charter Amendment 2 (Neighborhood Councils) Yes 36,080 (69.4%) No 15,893 (30.5%)

Charter Amendment 3 (Masculine words) Yes 28,246 (49.9%) No 28,257 (50%)

Charter Amendment 4 (Civil Service) Yes 36,795 (70.5%) No 15,379 (29.4%)

Charter Amendment 5 (Districting) Yes 35,431 (77.1%) No 10,513 (22.8%)

Fire District 1: Maintenance Levy Yes 21,458 (67.9%) No 10,112 (32%)

Fire District 4: Stations, Equipment Bonds Yes 6,130 (69.4%) No 2,691 (30.5%)

Fire District 9: EMS and Maintenance Levy Yes 8,805 (68.7%) No 4,004 (31.2%)

Fire District 10: EMS 10-year Levy Yes 1,334 (71.1%) No 540 (28.8%)

Proposed Incorporation City of Liberty Lake Yes 800 (64.7%) No 436 (35.2%)

ADAMS COUNTY Federal Offices U.S. President Al Gore (D) 1,296 (27.8%) George W. Bush (R) 3,248 (69.7%) Harry Browne (LIB) 7 (0.2%) David McReynolds (SOC) 0 (0%) Ralph Nader (GRN) 79 (1.7%) Monica Moorehead (WW) 5 (0.1%) Howard Phillips (CST) 4 (0.1%) Patrick Buchanan (FDM) 20 (0.4%) James E. Harris (SW) 0 (0%) John Hagelin (NL) 1 (0%)

U.S. Senate Maria Cantwell (D) 1,217 (26.4%) Slade Gorton (R) 3,337 (72.3%) Jeff Jared (LIB) 62 (1.3%)

U.S. House District 4 Doc Hastings (R) 77 (76.2%) Fred Krauss (LIB) 3 (3%) Jim Davis (D) 21 (20.8%)

Commissioner District 1 Rudy Plager (R) 3,651 (100%)

District 2 Richard Johnson (R) 2,740 (64.2%) Gary Weaver (I) 1,509 (35.3%)

Superior Court Position 1 Richard Miller 3,371 (100%)

Benge School District: Operating Levy Yes 29 (80.6%) No 7 (19.4%)

Fire Protection District 4: Reserve Fund Levy Yes 6 (100%) No 0 (0%)

Parks and Recreation District 3: Operating Levy Yes 289 (67.8) No 137 (32.2%)

Parks and Recreation District 4 General Obligation Bond Yes 737 (60.7%) No 478 (39.3)

Othello Library District Proposition 1 (Annex Othello) Yes 1,040 (87.2%) No 152 (12.8%)

Ritzville Library District Proposition 1 (Establish District) Yes 419 (60.4%) No 275 (39.6%)

Tri-County Judicial District (includes Stevens, Pend Oreille and Ferry counties) Superior Court Judge Position 1 Rebecca Baker 14,117 (100%)

Position 2 Larry Kristianson 14,573 (100%)

FERRY COUNTY Federal Offices U.S. President Al Gore (D) 907 (30.5%) George W. Bush (R) 1,864 (86.3%) Harry Browne (LIB) 38 (1.3%) David McReynolds (SOC) 1 (0%) Ralph Nader (GRN) 114 (3.8%) Monica Moorehead (WW) 2 (0.1%) Howard Phillips (CST) 11 (0.4%) Patrick Buchanan (FDM) 35 (1.2%) James E. Harris (SW) 1 (0%) John Hagelin (NL) 4 (0.1%)

U.S. Senate Maria Cantwell (D) 971 (33.9%) Slade Gorton (R) 1,880 (65.7%) Jeff Jared (LIB) 111 (0.4%)

U.S. House District 5 George Nethercutt Jr. (R) 1,751 (59.7%) Tom Keefe (D) 1,022 (34.9%) Greg Holmes (LIB) 159 (5.4%)

Commissioner District 1 Connie Fletcher (D) 1,389 (48.3%) Dennis Snook (R) 1,487 (51.7%)

District 3 Gary Kohler (D) 1,276 (45.1%) Mike Blankenship (R) 1,554 (54.9%)

Public Utility District No. 1 Kathryn L. Ciais 1,248 (51%) Richard Eich 1,199 (49%)

GRANT COUNTY Federal Offices U.S. President Al Gore (D) 6,211 (30.5%) George W. Bush (R) 13,432 (65.9%) Harry Browne (LIB) 124 (0.6%) David McReynolds (SOC) 4 (0%) Ralph Nader (GRN) 431 (2.1%) Monica Moorehead (WW) 20 (0.1%) Howard Phillips (CST) 36 (0.2%) Patrick Buchanan (FDM) 98 (0.5%) James E. Harris (SW) 3 (0%) John Hagelin (NL) 22 (0.1%)

U.S. Senate Maria Cantwell (D) 5,884 (29.2%) Slade Gorton (R) 13,854 (68.7%) Jeff Jared (LIB) 444 (2.2%)

U.S. House District 4 Doc Hastings (R) 13,039 (65.6%) Fred Krauss (LIB) 391 (2%) Jim Davis (D) 6,444 (32.4%)

Commissioner District 1 Tim Snead (D) 14,166 (100%)

District 2 LeRoy Allison (R) 13,725 (78.1%) Gordon Beeman (LIB) 3,855 (22%)

Public Utility District No. 1 Commissioner, District 1 Richard Stevens 7,702 (44.9%) Vera Claussen 9,471 (55.2%)

Commissioner, at large Ed Forster 7,055 (44.1%) Tom Flint 8,961 (56%)

Superior Court Position 1 Evan Sperline 14,550 (100%)

Position 2 Ken Jorgensen 13,705 (100%)

Position 3 John Antosz 13,143 (100%)

Cemetery District No. 4: Operation Levy Yes 379 (54.1%) No 322 (46%)

Hospital District No. 2: Operation Levy Yes 1,072 (50.4%) No 1,054 (49.6%)

LINCOLN COUNTY Federal Offices U.S. President Al Gore (D) 1,401 (27.3%) George W. Bush (R) 3,493 (68.2%) Harry Browne (LIB) 32 (0.6%) David McReynolds (SOC) 5 (0.1%) Ralph Nader (GRN) 158 (3.1%) Monica Moorehead (WW) 3 (0.1%) Howard Phillips (CST) 6 (0.1%) Patrick Buchanan (FDM) 22 (0.4%) James E. Harris (SW) 1 (0%) John Hagelin (NL) 4 (0.1%)

U.S. Senate Maria Cantwell (D) 1,367 (26.6%) Slade Gorton (R) 3,659 (71.3%) Jeff Jared (LIB) 106 (2.1%)

U.S. House, District 5 George Nethercutt Jr. (R) 3,512 (69.5%) Tom Keefe (D) 1,378 (27.3%) Greg Holmes (LIB) 167 (3.3%)

Commissioner District 1 Irwin “Bill” Graedel (R) 3,454 (100%)

District 2 Deral Boleneus (R) 3,177 (100%)

Superior Court Philip Borst 3,572 (100%)

Public Utility District Commissioner, Position 2 Steve Krupke .. 3,386 (100%)

District Court Judge Joshua Grant .. 3,294 (100%)

Sprague School District General Obligation Bond Yes ….. 196 (67.4%) No ….. 95 (32.7%)

PEND OREILLE COUNTY Federal Offices U.S. President Al Gore (D) 1,586 (36.5%) George W. Bush (R) 2,462 (56.7%) Harry Browne (LIB) 45 (1%) David McReynolds (SOC) 0 (0%) Ralph Nader (GRN) 173 (4%) Monica Moorehead (WW) 9 (0.2%) Howard Phillips (CST) 15 (0.3%) Patrick Buchanan (FDM) 36 (0.8%) James E. Harris (SW) 1 (0%) John Hagelin (NL) 12 (0.1%)

U.S. Senate Maria Cantwell (D) 1,598 (37.2%) Slade Gorton (R) 2,547 (59.3%) Jeff Jared (LIB) 151 (3.5%)

U.S. House, District 5 George Nethercutt Jr. (R) 2,337 (54.8%) Tom Keefe (D) 1,685 (39.5%) Greg Holmes (LIB) 245 (5.7%)

Commissioner District 1 Michael Quick (D) 2,023 (49.3%) Mike Hanson (R) 2,083 (50.7%)

District 3 Sam Nicholas (R) 2,440 (58.6%) Bob Nichols (D) 1,711 (41.4%)

Public Utility District Commissioner Dan Peterson .. 3,054 (100%)

Cemetery District No. 1: Operation Levy Yes ….. 2,006 (61.7%) No ….. 1,247 (38.3%)

Sacheen Lake Water and Sewer District: Excess Levy Yes . 78 (65.5%) No .. 41 (34.5%)

STEVENS COUNTY Federal Offices U.S. President Al Gore (D) 4,366 (31%) George W. Bush (R) 8,866 (63%) Harry Browne (LIB) 133 (0.9%) David McReynolds (SOC) 4 (0%) Ralph Nader (GRN) 536 (3.8%) Monica Moorehead (WW) 13 (0.1%) Howard Phillips (CST) 25 (0.2%) Patrick Buchanan (FDM) 129 (0.9%) James E. Harris (SW) 3 (0%) John Hagelin (NL) 9 (0.1%)

U.S. Senate Maria Cantwell (D) 4,577 (32.6%) Slade Gorton (R) 8,969 (64.0%) Jeff Jared (LIB) 476 (3.4%)

U.S. House, District 5 George Nethercutt Jr. (R) 8,380 (64.5%) Tom Keefe (D) 3,981 (30.7%) Greg Holmes (LIB) 623 (4.8%)

County Commissioner District 1 Tony Delgado (R) 6,785 (52.1%) Kathy Moss (D) 6,250 (48.0%)

District 3 Chuck Hayes (I) 1,157 (8.8%) Nancy Foll (D) 4,291 (32.7%) Malcolm Friedman (R) 7,694 (58.6%)

Public Utility District Commissioner C. Lloyd Henry 6,128 (58.3%) Deloris J. Lynn 4,386 (41.7%)

Evergreen School District Maintenance and Operation Levy Yes 66 (42.9%) No 88 (57.1%)

WHITMAN COUNTY Federal Offices U.S. President Al Gore (D) 5,077 (40.5%) George W. Bush (R) 6,922 (55.2%) Harry Browne (LIB) 71 (0.6%) David McReynolds (SOC) 5 (0%) Ralph Nader (GRN) 389 (3.1%) Monica Moorehead (WW) 5 (0%) Howard Phillips (CST) 14 (0.1%) Patrick Buchanan (FDM) 36 (0.3%) James E. Harris (SW) 2 (0.0%) John Hagelin (NL) 10 (0.1%)

U.S. Senate Maria Cantwell (D) 5,094 (41.0%) Slade Gorton (R) 7,099 (57.1%) Jeff Jared (LIB) 237 (1.9%)

U.S. House, District 5 George Nethercutt Jr. (R) 7,294 (59.2%) Tom Keefe (D) 4,643 (37.7%) Greg Holmes (LIB) 375 (3.0%)

Commissioner District 1 Greg Partch (R) 8,803 (100%)

District 2 Gerald Finch (R) 8,727 (100%)

Treasurer Bob Lothspeich (R) 8,694 (100%)

Town of Albion Tax Levy Yes 113 (44%) No 144 (56%)

Town of Colton Tax Levy Yes 144 (75.4%) No 47 (24.6%)

Town of Farmington Proposition No. 1: Tax Levy Yes 18 (62.1%) No 11 (37.9%)

Proposition No. 2: Tax Levy Yes 15 (51.7%) No 14 (48.3%)

Proposition No. 3: Tax Levy Yes 14 (48.3%) No 15 (51.7%)

Town of Garfield Proposition No. 1: Tax Levy Yes 187 (62.8%) No 111 (37.2%)

Proposition No. 2: Tax Levy Yes 216 (72.7%) No 81 (27.3%)

Proposition No. 3: Tax Levy Yes 229 (77.1%) No 68 (22.9%)

City of Palouse Street Improvement Levy Yes 284 (63%) No 167 (37%)

Swimming Pool Maintenance Levy Yes 284 (63.7%) No 162 (36.3%)

City of Pullman Proposition No. 1: Tax Levy Yes 3,268 (58.8%) No 2,290 (41.2%)

Town of Rosalia Tax Levy Yes 148 (61.4%) No 93 (38.6%)

City of Tekoa Proposition No. 1: Tax Levy Yes 200 (68%) No 94 (32%)

Proposition No. 2: Tax Levy Yes 184 (62.8%) No 109 (37.2%)

Rosalia Fire District No. 7 Tax Levy Yes 87 (65.4%) No 46 (34.6%)

Lacrosse Park and Recreation Department Tax Levy Yes 247 (77.7%) No 71 (22.3%)

St. John Park and Recreation Department Tax Levy Yes 429 (84.3%) No 80 (15.7%)

Oakesdale Park and Recreation Department Tax Levy Yes 227 (65.8%) No 118 (34.2%)

Rosalia Park and Recreation Department Tax Levy Yes 235 (60.1%) No 156 (39.9%)

Oakesdale Cemetery District No. 1 Tax Levy Yes 241 (74.8%) No 81 (25.2%)

Garfield Cemetery District No. 2 Tax Levy Yes 295 (77.2%) No 87 (22.8%)