The 2025 Presidential Election updated ballot count was reported tonight, Wednesday, November 6, 2025, shortly after 5pm.
The following are results as reported by the Whatcom County Election Division and the Washington State Secretary of State.
Washington State Senate Joint Resolution No. 8201 (Statewide total count)
Approved
840751
56.88%
Rejected
637361
43.12%
Whatcom County – Proposition No. 1 Authorizing Councilmembers to Hire Dedicated Aides
Rejected
44176
62.82%
Approved
26150
37.18%
Whatcom County – Proposition No. 2 Establishing a Whatcom County Office of the Ombuds
Rejected
36692
50.90%
Approved
35397
49.10%
Whatcom County – Proposition No. 3 Establishing Performance Audits
Approved
61208
85.36%
Rejected
10495
14.64%
Whatcom County – Proposition No. 4 Clarifying the Power and Duties of Elected Officials
Approved
66289
92.17%
Rejected
5635
7.83%
Whatcom County – Proposition No. 5 Modifying the Redistricting Process
Approved
56008
79.28%
Rejected
14639
20.72%
Whatcom County – Proposition No. 6 Adjusting the Calculation of Signatures Required for a Referendum
Rejected
37970
53.15%
Approved
33465
46.85%
Whatcom County – Proposition No. 7 Prohibiting County Government from Interfering with Initiatives and Charter Amendments
Approved
43086
60.80%
Rejected
27784
39.20%
Whatcom County – Proposition No. 8 Modifying the Budget Process
Approved
66920
93.42%
Rejected
4715
6.58%
Whatcom County – Proposition No. 9 Adding Accountability to Financial Reporting Requirements
Approved
67212
93.38%
Rejected
4765
6.62%
Whatcom County – Proposition No. 10 Determining Initial Rules for the Charter Review Commission Meetings
Approved
58339
84.14%
Rejected
10997
15.86%
Whatcom County – Proposition No. 11 Adjusting the Calculation of Signatures Required for a Charter Amendment
Rejected
40611
59.05%
Approved
28160
40.95%
Whatcom County – Proposition No. 12 Requiring Land Supply and Construction Cost Analysis
Approved
60444
86.97%
Rejected
9052
13.03%
Whatcom County Council District 1
Kaylee Galloway
10965
98.80%
WRITE-IN
133
1.20%
Whatcom County Council District 2
Elizabeth Boyle
10359
71.35%
Maya Morales
4099
28.23%
WRITE-IN
60
0.41%
Whatcom County Council District 3
Jessica Rienstra
8426
56.74%
Kyle Christensen
6395
43.06%
WRITE-IN
30
0.20%
Whatcom County Council At-Large Position A
Barry Buchanan
44637
63.08%
Misty Flowers
25937
36.66%
WRITE-IN
183
0.26%
PORT OF BELLINGHAM Proposition 2025-04 Number of Port Commissioners
Approved
44912
65.16%
Rejected
24016
34.84%
PORT OF BELLINGHAM Commissioner District 1
Michael Alvarez Shepard
49956
98.14%
WRITE-IN
945
1.86%
PORT OF BELLINGHAM Commissioner District 2
Carly James
35623
50.94%
Ken Bell
34184
48.88%
WRITE-IN
129
0.18%
CITY OF BELLINGHAM Initiative 25-03 Prohibiting Landlords from Interfering with Tenants Engaged in Protected Activities
Yes
20826
73.33%
No
7576
26.67%
CITY OF BELLINGHAM Municipal Court Judge
Debra Lev
20994
98.67%
WRITE-IN
282
1.33%
CITY OF BELLINGHAM Council Ward 2
Hollie Huthman
17374
64.07%
Leah Wainman
9644
35.56%
WRITE-IN
101
0.37%
CITY OF BELLINGHAM Council Ward 4
Skip Williams
17112
62.97%
Kerri Burnside
9965
36.67%
WRITE-IN
99
0.36%
CITY OF BELLINGHAM Council Ward 6
Michael Lilliquist
16095
58.38%
Andrew Reding
11361
41.21%
WRITE-IN
112
0.41%
CITY OF BELLINGHAM Council At-Large
Jace Cotton
22131
98.37%
WRITE-IN
366
1.63%
CITY OF BLAINE Proposition 2025-07 Reduction of City Limits
Yes
1286
64.24%
No
716
35.76%
CITY OF BLAINE Council Ward 1 Position 2
Jiggy Sorrell
1050
52.06%
Eric Lewis
965
47.84%
WRITE-IN
2
0.10%
CITY OF BLAINE Council Ward 2 Position 4
Isaac Newland
1246
63.93%
Ray Leone
701
35.97%
WRITE-IN
2
0.10%
CITY OF BLAINE Council Ward 3 Position 6
Don Enos
1188
61.11%
Sukhwant Gill
747
38.43%
WRITE-IN
9
0.46%
CITY OF BLAINE Council At-Large Position 7
Sarbie Bains
1404
78.00%
Mike Hill
364
20.22%
WRITE-IN
32
1.78%
CITY OF EVERSON Mayor
John Perry
487
94.93%
WRITE-IN
26
5.07%
CITY OF EVERSON Council Position 1
James Wilson
337
54.62%
Eric Oettel
279
45.22%
WRITE-IN
1
0.16%
CITY OF EVERSON Council Position 2
Jennifer Lautenbach
473
98.13%
WRITE-IN
9
1.87%
CITY OF EVERSON Council Position 3
Matt Goering
479
98.56%
WRITE-IN
7
1.44%
CITY OF FERNDALE Initiative 25-01 Restrictions on Rental Fees
Yes
2889
69.92%
No
1243
30.08%
CITY OF FERNDALE Council Position 5
Ryan O’Larey
3069
98.65%
WRITE-IN
42
1.35%
CITY OF FERNDALE Council Position 6
Robert Pinkley
2198
54.38%
Ian Harper
1837
45.45%
WRITE-IN
7
0.17%
CITY OF FERNDALE Council Position 7
Jon Mutchler
2304
58.15%
Steve Potvin
1629
41.12%
WRITE-IN
29
0.73%
CITY OF LYNDEN Mayor
Scott Korthuis
3933
96.35%
WRITE-IN
149
3.65%
CITY OF LYNDEN Council Position 5
Nick H. Laninga
3562
97.70%
WRITE-IN
84
2.30%
CITY OF LYNDEN Council Position 6
Kyle Strengholt
3587
98.17%
WRITE-IN
67
1.83%
CITY OF LYNDEN Council Position 7
Mark Wohlrab
3267
96.54%
WRITE-IN
117
3.46%
CITY OF NOOKSACK Mayor
Kevin W. Hester
306
95.92%
WRITE-IN
13
4.08%
CITY OF NOOKSACK Council Position 1
Steve Neyens
292
97.66%
WRITE-IN
7
2.34%
CITY OF NOOKSACK Council Position 2
Randy Relethford
277
98.58%
WRITE-IN
4
1.42%
CITY OF NOOKSACK Council Position 3
Elizabeth Bahzad
276
97.87%
WRITE-IN
6
2.13%
CITY OF SUMAS Mayor
Bruce T. Bosch
327
98.20%
WRITE-IN
6
1.80%
CITY OF SUMAS Council Position 1
Todd Daniels
295
98.99%
WRITE-IN
3
1.01%
CITY OF SUMAS Council Position 2
Richard Postma
229
62.06%
Brett Egbert
138
37.40%
WRITE-IN
2
0.54%
CITY OF SUMAS Council Position 4
Joshua J. Clawson
298
99.00%
WRITE-IN
3
1.00%
BELLINGHAM SCHOOL DISTRICT 501 Proposition 2025-05 Supplemental Operations Levy
Yes
25678
68.96%
No
11557
31.04%
BELLINGHAM SCHOOL DISTRICT 501 Proposition 2025-06 Facilities Maintenance Levy
Yes
23724
64.49%
No
13065
35.51%
BELLINGHAM SCHOOL DISTRICT 501 Director Position 4
Jenn Mason
26700
76.24%
Corinne Thorsen
8234
23.51%
WRITE-IN
86
0.25%
BELLINGHAM SCHOOL DISTRICT 501 Director Position 5
Douglas W. Benjamin
24393
98.47%
WRITE-IN
380
1.53%
FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT 502 Director District 4
Brian Lynch
4740
50.93%
Matt Beck
4522
48.59%
WRITE-IN
44
0.47%
FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT 502 Director District 5
Peggy Uppiano
4989
52.86%
Jacob Rosenblum
4425
46.88%
WRITE-IN
24
0.25%
BLAINE SCHOOL DISTRICT 503 Director District 3
Bob Feaster
3454
61.13%
Jim Shaver
2154
38.12%
WRITE-IN
42
0.74%
BLAINE SCHOOL DISTRICT 503 Director District 4
Ryan Swinburnson
4234
98.33%
WRITE-IN
72
1.67%
BLAINE SCHOOL DISTRICT 503 Director District 5
Chelsey Belarmino
4196
98.43%
WRITE-IN
67
1.57%
LYNDEN SCHOOL DISTRICT 504 Proposition 2025-09 General Obligation Bonds
Rejected
4153
51.87%
Approved
3853
48.13%
LYNDEN SCHOOL DISTRICT 504 Director Position 4
Tonya Hickman
4928
97.60%
WRITE-IN
121
2.40%
LYNDEN SCHOOL DISTRICT 504 Director Position 5
Nick Sawka
4250
57.32%
Kenneth “Spin” Owsley
3111
41.96%
WRITE-IN
53
0.71%
MERIDIAN SCHOOL DISTRICT 505 Director District 2
Jarrod Karuza
2157
98.36%
WRITE-IN
36
1.64%
MERIDIAN SCHOOL DISTRICT 505 Director District 3
Jasmine Fast
1570
53.84%
Steve Corwin
1320
45.27%
WRITE-IN
26
0.89%
NOOKSACK VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT 506 Director District 1
Halli Kimball
2038
97.98%
WRITE-IN
42
2.02%
NOOKSACK VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT 506 Director District 2
Britt Lentz
1560
59.23%
Connor Smith
1057
40.13%
WRITE-IN
17
0.65%
MT BAKER SCHOOL DISTRICT 507 Director District 1
Danielle Gray
2772
98.26%
WRITE-IN
49
1.74%
MT BAKER SCHOOL DISTRICT 507 Director District 4
Brenna Reaugh
2718
97.98%
WRITE-IN
56
2.02%
CONCRETE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 11 Director District 1
Pam Snavely
8
100.00%
WRITE-IN
0
0.00%
CONCRETE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 11 Director District 3
Krysti Coggins
6
66.67%
Janet Culver
3
33.33%
WRITE-IN
0
0.00%
SEDRO-WOOLLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 101 Director District 1
Jim Kallio
0
0.00%
Brent Schiefelbein
0
0.00%
WRITE-IN
0
0.00%
SEDRO-WOOLLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 101 Director District 3
Tom Taylor
0
0.00%
Michelle Moser
0
0.00%
WRITE-IN
0
0.00%
SEDRO-WOOLLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 101 Director District 4
Brad Worley
0
0.00%
Ashlee E. Johnson
0
0.00%
WRITE-IN
0
0.00%
SEDRO-WOOLLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 101 Director District 5
Becky L Taft
0
0.00%
Eric A. Johnson
0
0.00%
WRITE-IN
0
0.00%
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 1 Commissioner Position 3
Shannon Whitford-Ahlers
1983
98.95%
WRITE-IN
21
1.05%
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 4 Commissioner Position 3
Tim Johnson
2234
98.94%
WRITE-IN
24
1.06%
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 5 Commissioner Position 3
Patrick Harper
343
94.49%
WRITE-IN
20
5.51%
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 7 Proposition 2025-08 Restoring Regular Property Tax Levy
Yes
4838
63.66%
No
2762
36.34%
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 7 Commissioner Position 3
Michael Murphy
5343
98.56%
WRITE-IN
78
1.44%
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 8 Commissioner Position 1
Roger Buswell
1030
98.47%
WRITE-IN
16
1.53%
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 8 Commissioner Position 2
Logan Toby
1043
98.77%
WRITE-IN
13
1.23%
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 8 Commissioner Position 4
Sheena Williams
1012
99.02%
WRITE-IN
10
0.98%
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 11 Commissioner Position 3
Bill Lee
393
99.24%
WRITE-IN
3
0.76%
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 14 Commissioner Position 3
RobRoy Graham
1166
97.49%
WRITE-IN
30
2.51%
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 16 Commissioner Position 3
Jeff Hindman
306
98.08%
WRITE-IN
6
1.92%
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 17 Commissioner Position 2
Brian Sigurdson
378
98.18%
WRITE-IN
7
1.82%
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 17 Commissioner Position 3
James Taxdahl
363
98.37%
WRITE-IN
6
1.63%
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 18 Proposition 2025-10 Property Tax Levy for Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services
Approved
403
68.77%
Rejected
183
31.23%
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 18 Commissioner Position 3
Val Miller
377
97.67%
WRITE-IN
9
2.33%
GLACIER FIRE AND RESCUE Commissioner Position 3
Sam Llobet
115
97.46%
WRITE-IN
3
2.54%
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 21 Commissioner Position 3
Craig Anthony
6732
98.74%
WRITE-IN
86
1.26%
SOUTH WHATCOM FIRE AUTHORITY Commissioner District 4
Stefen Paige
3050
98.07%
WRITE-IN
60
1.93%
SOUTH WHATCOM FIRE AUTHORITY Commissioner District 5
Josh McBride
3217
98.74%
WRITE-IN
41
1.26%
WATER DISTRICT 2 Commissioner Position 1
David Anderson
342
98.84%
WRITE-IN
4
1.16%
WATER DISTRICT 2 Commissioner Position 3
Yaprak Goertz
340
99.13%
WRITE-IN
3
0.87%
POINT ROBERTS WATER DISTRICT 4 Commissioner Position 3
Rhonda Granger
308
70.97%
Grant Heitman
125
28.80%
WRITE-IN
1
0.23%
WATER DISTRICT 7 Commissioner Position 3
Mark Lann
467
98.11%
WRITE-IN
9
1.89%
BIRCH BAY WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT Commissioner Position 3
Joan Connell
1934
72.30%
John Schindler
724
27.07%
WRITE-IN
17
0.64%
LAKE WHATCOM WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT Commissioner District 3
Bruce Richard Ford
2305
97.67%
WRITE-IN
55
2.33%
SAMISH WATER DISTRICT Commissioner Position 3
Art Baddorf
251
97.29%
WRITE-IN
7
2.71%
WATER DISTRICT 13 Commissioner Position 4
Richard Whitson
133
90.48%
WRITE-IN
14
9.52%
GLACIER WATER DISTRICT 14 Commissioner Position 3
James Evangelista
87
97.75%
WRITE-IN
2
2.25%
ACME WATER DISTRICT 18 Commissioner Position 3
Jim Sutterfield
76
97.44%
WRITE-IN
2
2.56%
COLUMBIA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT Commissioner Position 3
Brian Gillis
322
98.47%
WRITE-IN
5
1.53%
CEMETERY DISTRICT 1 Commissioner Position 3
Kevin Zollatz
137
98.56%
WRITE-IN
2
1.44%
CEMETERY DISTRICT 2 Commissioner Position 3
Judy Trauth-Thomas
402
99.50%
WRITE-IN
2
0.49%
CEMETERY DISTRICT 3 Commissioner Position 2
Leslie Hubbard
105
98.13%
WRITE-IN
2
1.87%
CEMETERY DISTRICT 3 Commissioner Position 3
Megan Pike
126
98.44%
WRITE-IN
2
1.56%
CEMETERY DISTRICT 4 Commissioner Position 3
David Kratzig
1204
98.77%
WRITE-IN
15
1.23%
CEMETERY DISTRICT 5 Commissioner Position 2
Dennis Craig Poe
172
98.29%
WRITE-IN
3
1.71%
CEMETERY DISTRICT 6 Commissioner Position 3
Amy Bernard
3810
97.99%
WRITE-IN
78
2.01%
CEMETERY DISTRICT 7 Commissioner Position 2
Jean M. Laird
1264
74.57%
Kenny Sund
420
24.78%
WRITE-IN
11
0.65%
CEMETERY DISTRICT 7 Commissioner Position 3
Helen Birchall
1245
97.34%
WRITE-IN
34
2.66%
CEMETERY DISTRICT 8 Commissioner Position 3
Pauline DeHaan
379
99.48%
WRITE-IN
2
0.52%
CEMETERY DISTRICT 9 Commissioner Position 3
Eric Dawson
860
53.95%
Rebecca Judy
727
45.61%
WRITE-IN
7
0.44%
CEMETERY DISTRICT 10 Commissioner Position 2
Bill De Groot
4684
98.74%
WRITE-IN
60
1.26%
CEMETERY DISTRICT 10 Commissioner Position 3
Jim De Groot
4692
98.61%
WRITE-IN
66
1.39%
POINT ROBERTS PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT 1 Commissioner Position 3
Mike Bell
338
77.35%
Travis Robb
94
21.51%
WRITE-IN
5
1.14%
POINT ROBERTS PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT 1 Commissioner Position 4
Bronwyn Glor
243
51.70%
Doug Shier
158
33.62%
Izaac Wilkowski
66
14.04%
WRITE-IN
3
0.64%
BLAINE-BIRCH BAY PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT 2 Commissioner Position 2
Sheli Moore
3886
98.58%
WRITE-IN
56
1.42%
BLAINE-BIRCH BAY PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT 2 Commissioner Position 4
Billy Brown
3826
98.20%
WRITE-IN
70
1.80%
LYNDEN REGIONAL PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT 3 Commissioner Position 1
Rick Lair
4837
98.88%
WRITE-IN
55
1.12%
LYNDEN REGIONAL PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT 3 Commissioner Position 4
Danny Martinez
4715
98.48%
WRITE-IN
73
1.52%
HOSPITAL DISTRICT 304 Commissioner Position 3
Debra Aslett Lancaster
9
100.00%
WRITE-IN
0
0.00%
HOSPITAL DISTRICT 304 Commissioner Position 5
Germaine Kornegay
6
66.67%
Ellen de Jong
3
33.33%
WRITE-IN
0
0.00%
POINT ROBERTS PUBLIC HOSPITAL DISTRICT Commissioner Position 2
Alyssa Clark
350
72.46%
Allison Calder
131
27.12%
WRITE-IN
2
0.41%
Final election results will be certified by each county on November 25th and by the Secretary of State on December 4th.
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