Updated 11/6: 2015 General Election Preliminary Results

Here are the preliminary results of the 2015 General Election as reported by the Whatcom County Auditor’s Office, Election Division with 60,672 votes counted (Whatcom County) as of November 6th at 5:15pm. The Elections Division estimates the number of ballots yet to be counted at 100.

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City of Ferndale – Mayor

Candidate	Votes	%
Jon Mutchler	1661	51.62%
Cathy Watson	1557	48.38%

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City Council – Position 3

Candidate	Votes	%
Keith M. Olson (incumbent)	1782	65.11%
Glenn Stewart	955	34.89%

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City Council – Position 4

Candidate	Votes	%
Teresa N. Taylor	1466	51.08%
Paul S. Ingram (incumbent)	1404	48.92%

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Port of Bellingham Commissioner – District 3

Candidate	Votes	%
Gary S. Jensen	24,623	44.46%
Robert (Bobby) Briscoe	30,761	55.54%

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Ballot Measures

Ferndale: Proposition No. 2015-1
Creation of Ferndale Metropolitan Park District

Position	Votes	%
APPROVE	1156	40.39%
REJECT	1706	59.61%

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Whatcom County: Proposition No. 2015-1
Jail Facilities Sales And Use Tax

Position	Votes	%
APPROVE	28,116	48.58%
REJECT	29,755	51.42%

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Whatcom County: Proposition No. 1
Method of Electing Council Members

Position	Votes	%
APPROVE	30,781	53.07%
REJECT	27,225	46.93%

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Whatcom County: Proposition No. 2
Limiting Power of Council to Amend the County Charter

Position	Votes	%
APPROVE	29,420	51.6%
REJECT	27,601	48.4%

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Whatcom County: Proposition No. 3
Limiting Power of Council to Amend Charter’s Election Provisions

Position	Votes	%
APPROVE	29,266	51.57%
REJECT	27,488	48.43%

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Whatcom County: Proposition No. 4
Word Limit for Ballot Questions

Position	Votes	%
APPROVE	47,097	84.21%
REJECT	8828	15.79%

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Whatcom County: Proposition No. 5
Lowering Threshold for Initiative and Referendum Signatures

Position	Votes	%
APPROVE	28,550	50.83%
REJECT	27,623	49.17%

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Whatcom County: Proposition No. 6
Lowering the Number of Signatures Required for Citizen Initiatives to Amend Charter

Position	Votes	%
APPROVE	34,384	61.27%
REJECT	21,734	38.73%

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Whatcom County: Proposition No. 7
Term Limits for County Executive and Council Members

Position	Votes	%
APPROVE	39,152	69.39%
REJECT	17,272	30.61%

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Whatcom County: Proposition No. 8
Altering Composition of Districting Commission

Position	Votes	%
APPROVE	24,665	46.34%
REJECT	28,566	53.66%

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Whatcom County: Proposition No. 9
Number of Council Districts and At-Large Council Positions

Position	Votes	%
APPROVE	30,862	54.01%
REJECT	26,283	45.99%

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Whatcom County: Proposition No. 10
Amendments by the Charter Review Commission and the County Council

Position	Votes	%
APPROVE	29,367	52.5%
REJECT	26,575	47.5%

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Results are not final until the count has been certified which is expected to be done by November 24th. The next updated count is estimated to occur November 23rd at 4:30pm.