The preliminary 2025 Presidential Election ballot count was reported tonight, Tuesday, November 4, 2025, shortly after 8pm.
The following are initial results as reported shortly after 8pm on November 4th by the Whatcom County Election Division and the Washington State Secretary of State.
Washington State Senate Joint Resolution No. 8201 (Statewide total count)
Approved
589290
56.78%
Rejected
448606
43.22%
Whatcom County Proposition No. 1 Authorizing Councilmembers to Hire Dedicated Aides
Rejected
27204
64.12%
Approved
15220
35.88%
Whatcom County Proposition No. 2 Establishing a Whatcom County Office of the Ombuds
Rejected
23025
52.79%
Approved
20589
47.21%
Whatcom County Proposition No. 3 Establishing Performance Audits
Approved
36551
84.29%
Rejected
6812
15.71%
Whatcom County Proposition No. 4 Clarifying the Power and Duties of Elected Officials
Approved
39780
91.54%
Rejected
3678
8.46%
Whatcom County Proposition No. 5 Modifying the Redistricting Process
Approved
33770
79.06%
Rejected
8942
20.94%
Whatcom County Proposition No. 6 Adjusting the Calculation of Signatures Required for a Referendum
Rejected
22233
51.30%
Approved
21105
48.70%
Whatcom County Proposition No. 7 Prohibiting County Government from Interfering with Initiatives and Charter Amendments
Approved
25877
60.16%
Rejected
17136
39.84%
Whatcom County Proposition No. 8 Modifying the Budget Process
Approved
40257
92.88%
Rejected
3088
7.12%
Whatcom County Proposition No. 9 Adding Accountability to Financial Reporting Requirements
Approved
40433
92.86%
Rejected
3108
7.14%
Whatcom County Proposition No. 10 Determining Initial Rules for the Charter Review Commission Meetings
Approved
35462
84.08%
Rejected
6714
15.92%
Whatcom County Proposition No. 11 Adjusting the Calculation of Signatures Required for a Charter Amendment
Rejected
24906
59.38%
Approved
17035
40.62%
Whatcom County Proposition No. 12 Requiring Land Supply and Construction Cost Analysis
Approved
36452
86.44%
Rejected
5718
13.56%
Whatcom County Council 1 Council District 1
Kaylee Galloway
6542
98.78%
WRITE-IN
81
1.22%
Whatcom County Council 2 Council District 2
Elizabeth Boyle
6896
73.99%
Maya Morales
2383
25.57%
WRITE-IN
41
0.44%
Whatcom County Council 3 Council District 3
Jessica Rienstra
4900
56.33%
Kyle Christensen
3778
43.43%
WRITE-IN
21
0.24%
COUNTY COUNCIL AT-LARGE Council At-Large Position A
Barry Buchanan
27015
63.29%
Misty Flowers
15565
36.46%
WRITE-IN
106
0.25%
PORT OF BELLINGHAM Proposition 2025-04 Number of Port Commissioners
Approved
27098
64.65%
Rejected
14820
35.35%
PORT OF BELLINGHAM Commissioner District 1
Michael Alvarez Shepard
30470
98.12%
WRITE-IN
584
1.88%
PORT OF BELLINGHAM Commissioner District 2
Ken Bell
21496
50.79%
Carly James
20745
49.02%
WRITE-IN
79
0.19%
CITY OF BELLINGHAM Initiative 25-03 Prohibiting Landlords from Interfering with Tenants Engaged in Protected Activities
Yes
12592
70.95%
No
5156
29.05%
CITY OF BELLINGHAM Municipal Court Judge
Debra Lev
13449
98.67%
WRITE-IN
181
1.33%
CITY OF BELLINGHAM Council Ward 2
Hollie Huthman
10989
64.83%
Leah Wainman
5897
34.79%
WRITE-IN
65
0.38%
CITY OF BELLINGHAM Council Ward 4
Skip Williams
10767
63.08%
Kerri Burnside
6246
36.59%
WRITE-IN
57
0.33%
CITY OF BELLINGHAM Council Ward 6
Michael Lilliquist
10564
61.19%
Andrew Reding
6627
38.38%
WRITE-IN
74
0.43%
CITY OF BELLINGHAM Council At-Large
Jace Cotton
13842
98.27%
WRITE-IN
244
1.73%
CITY OF BLAINE Proposition 2025-07 Reduction of City Limits
Yes
809
65.77%
No
421
34.23%
CITY OF BLAINE Council Ward 1 Position 2
Jiggy Sorrell
654
52.36%
Eric Lewis
593
47.48%
WRITE-IN
2
0.16%
CITY OF BLAINE Council Ward 2 Position 4
Isaac Newland
757
62.20%
Ray Leone
459
37.72%
WRITE-IN
1
0.08%
CITY OF BLAINE Council Ward 3 Position 6
Don Enos
788
65.07%
Sukhwant Gill
417
34.43%
WRITE-IN
6
0.50%
CITY OF BLAINE Council At-Large Position 7
Sarbie Bains
882
79.10%
Mike Hill
213
19.10%
WRITE-IN
20
1.79%
CITY OF EVERSON Mayor
John Perry
261
94.57%
WRITE-IN
15
5.43%
CITY OF EVERSON Council Position 1
James Wilson
184
55.42%
Eric Oettel
147
44.28%
WRITE-IN
1
0.30%
CITY OF EVERSON Council Position 2
Jennifer Lautenbach
255
98.08%
WRITE-IN
5
1.92%
CITY OF EVERSON Council Position 3
Matt Goering
256
98.46%
WRITE-IN
4
1.54%
CITY OF FERNDALE Initiative 25-01 Restrictions on Rental Fees
Yes
1536
70.33%
No
648
29.67%
CITY OF FERNDALE Council Position 5
Ryan O’Larey
1672
98.70%
WRITE-IN
22
1.30%
CITY OF FERNDALE Council Position 6
Robert Pinkley
1212
56.90%
Ian Harper
915
42.96%
WRITE-IN
3
0.14%
CITY OF FERNDALE Council Position 7
Jon Mutchler
1270
60.33%
Steve Potvin
829
39.38%
WRITE-IN
6
0.28%
CITY OF LYNDEN Mayor
Scott Korthuis
2455
96.73%
WRITE-IN
83
3.27%
CITY OF LYNDEN Council Position 5
Nick H. Laninga
2248
97.70%
WRITE-IN
53
2.30%
CITY OF LYNDEN Council Position 6
Kyle Strengholt
2269
98.06%
WRITE-IN
45
1.94%
CITY OF LYNDEN Council Position 7
Mark Wohlrab
2041
96.32%
WRITE-IN
78
3.68%
CITY OF NOOKSACK Mayor
Kevin W. Hester
143
95.33%
WRITE-IN
7
4.67%
CITY OF NOOKSACK Council Position 1
Steve Neyens
144
97.96%
WRITE-IN
3
2.04%
CITY OF NOOKSACK Council Position 2
Randy Relethford
135
100.00%
WRITE-IN
0
0.00%
CITY OF NOOKSACK Council Position 3
Elizabeth Bahzad
133
98.52%
WRITE-IN
2
1.48%
CITY OF SUMAS Mayor
Bruce T. Bosch
174
98.31%
WRITE-IN
3
1.69%
CITY OF SUMAS Council Position 1
Todd Daniels
151
98.05%
WRITE-IN
3
1.95%
CITY OF SUMAS Council Position 2
Richard Postma
126
63.32%
Brett Egbert
72
36.18%
WRITE-IN
1
0.50%
CITY OF SUMAS Council Position 4
Joshua J. Clawson
153
98.08%
WRITE-IN
3
1.92%
BELLINGHAM SCHOOL DISTRICT 501 Proposition 2025-05 Supplemental Operations Levy
Yes
15308
66.05%
No
7869
33.95%
BELLINGHAM SCHOOL DISTRICT 501 Proposition 2025-06 Facilities Maintenance Levy
Yes
14371
62.52%
No
8617
37.48%
BELLINGHAM SCHOOL DISTRICT 501 Director Position 4
Jenn Mason
16192
74.15%
Corinne Thorsen
5576
25.53%
WRITE-IN
69
0.32%
BELLINGHAM SCHOOL DISTRICT 501 Director Position 5
Douglas W. Benjamin
15513
98.36%
WRITE-IN
259
1.64%
FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT 502 Director District 4
Matt Beck
2636
50.48%
Brian Lynch
2562
49.06%
WRITE-IN
24
0.46%
FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT 502 Director District 5
Peggy Uppiano
2965
55.70%
Jacob Rosenblum
2345
44.05%
WRITE-IN
13
0.24%
BLAINE SCHOOL DISTRICT 503 Director District 3
Bob Feaster
2171
61.54%
Jim Shaver
1329
37.67%
WRITE-IN
28
0.79%
BLAINE SCHOOL DISTRICT 503 Director District 4
Ryan Swinburnson
2720
98.80%
WRITE-IN
33
1.20%
BLAINE SCHOOL DISTRICT 503 Director District 5
Chelsey Belarmino
2663
98.63%
WRITE-IN
37
1.37%
LYNDEN SCHOOL DISTRICT 504 Proposition 2025-09 General Obligation Bonds
Rejected
2580
54.72%
Approved
2135
45.28%
LYNDEN SCHOOL DISTRICT 504 Director Position 4
Tonya Hickman
3022
97.58%
WRITE-IN
75
2.42%
LYNDEN SCHOOL DISTRICT 504 Director Position 5
Nick Sawka
2629
59.04%
Kenneth “Spin” Owsley
1797
40.35%
WRITE-IN
27
0.61%
MERIDIAN SCHOOL DISTRICT 505 Director District 2
Jarrod Karuza
1398
98.52%
WRITE-IN
21
1.48%
MERIDIAN SCHOOL DISTRICT 505 Director District 3
Jasmine Fast
1015
54.98%
Steve Corwin
812
43.99%
WRITE-IN
19
1.03%
NOOKSACK VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT 506 Director District 1
Halli Kimball
1061
98.88%
WRITE-IN
12
1.12%
NOOKSACK VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT 506 Director District 2
Britt Lentz
808
58.59%
Connor Smith
563
40.83%
WRITE-IN
8
0.58%
MT BAKER SCHOOL DISTRICT 507 Director District 1
Danielle Gray
1608
98.29%
WRITE-IN
28
1.71%
MT BAKER SCHOOL DISTRICT 507 Director District 4
Brenna Reaugh
1574
98.07%
WRITE-IN
31
1.93%
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 1 Commissioner Position 3
Shannon Whitford-Ahlers
1085
99.00%
WRITE-IN
11
1.00%
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 4 Commissioner Position 3
Tim Johnson
1506
98.95%
WRITE-IN
16
1.05%
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 5 Commissioner Position 3
Patrick Harper
189
93.56%
WRITE-IN
13
6.44%
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 7 Proposition 2025-08 Restoring Regular Property Tax Levy
Yes
2618
62.44%
No
1575
37.56%
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 7 Commissioner Position 3
Michael Murphy
3046
98.42%
WRITE-IN
49
1.58%
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 8 Commissioner Position 1
Roger Buswell
629
98.74%
WRITE-IN
8
1.26%
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 8 Commissioner Position 2
Logan Toby
625
98.89%
WRITE-IN
7
1.11%
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 8 Commissioner Position 4
Sheena Williams
616
99.04%
WRITE-IN
6
0.96%
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 11 Commissioner Position 3
Bill Lee
258
98.85%
WRITE-IN
3
1.15%
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 14 Commissioner Position 3
RobRoy Graham
657
98.21%
WRITE-IN
12
1.79%
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 16 Commissioner Position 3
Jeff Hindman
128
97.71%
WRITE-IN
3
2.29%
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 17 Commissioner Position 2
Brian Sigurdson
257
97.72%
WRITE-IN
6
2.28%
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 17 Commissioner Position 3
James Taxdahl
245
98.00%
WRITE-IN
5
2.00%
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 18 Proposition 2025-10 Property Tax Levy for Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services
Approved
220
65.48%
Rejected
116
34.52%
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 18 Commissioner Position 3
Val Miller
221
98.22%
WRITE-IN
4
1.78%
GLACIER FIRE AND RESCUE Commissioner Position 3
Sam Llobet
56
96.55%
WRITE-IN
2
3.45%
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 21 Commissioner Position 3
Craig Anthony
4210
99.04%
WRITE-IN
41
0.96%
SOUTH WHATCOM FIRE AUTHORITY Commissioner District 4
Stefen Paige
1865
97.59%
WRITE-IN
46
2.41%
SOUTH WHATCOM FIRE AUTHORITY Commissioner District 5
Josh McBride
1996
98.42%
WRITE-IN
32
1.58%
WATER DISTRICT 2 Commissioner Position 1
David Anderson
225
100.00%
WRITE-IN
0
0.00%
WATER DISTRICT 2 Commissioner Position 3
Yaprak Goertz
223
100.00%
WRITE-IN
0
0.00%
POINT ROBERTS WATER DISTRICT 4 Commissioner Position 3
Rhonda Granger
163
68.20%
Grant Heitman
76
31.80%
WRITE-IN
0
0.00%
WATER DISTRICT 7 Commissioner Position 3
Mark Lann
312
97.81%
WRITE-IN
7
2.19%
BIRCH BAY WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT Commissioner Position 3
Joan Connell
1246
72.19%
John Schindler
470
27.23%
WRITE-IN
10
0.58%
LAKE WHATCOM WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT Commissioner District 3
Bruce Richard Ford
1411
97.04%
WRITE-IN
43
2.96%
SAMISH WATER DISTRICT Commissioner Position 3
Art Baddorf
153
96.84%
WRITE-IN
5
3.16%
WATER DISTRICT 13 Commissioner Position 4
Richard Whitson
74
92.50%
WRITE-IN
6
7.50%
GLACIER WATER DISTRICT 14 Commissioner Position 3
James Evangelista
37
97.37%
WRITE-IN
1
2.63%
ACME WATER DISTRICT 18 Commissioner Position 3
Jim Sutterfield
30
93.75%
WRITE-IN
2
6.25%
COLUMBIA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT Commissioner Position 3
Brian Gillis
189
98.44%
WRITE-IN
3
1.56%
CEMETERY DISTRICT 1 Commissioner Position 3
Kevin Zollatz
54
96.43%
WRITE-IN
2
3.57%
CEMETERY DISTRICT 2 Commissioner Position 3
Judy Trauth-Thomas
263
99.25%
WRITE-IN
2
0.75%
CEMETERY DISTRICT 3 Commissioner Position 2
Leslie Hubbard
60
96.77%
WRITE-IN
2
3.23%
CEMETERY DISTRICT 3 Commissioner Position 3
Megan Pike
74
97.37%
WRITE-IN
2
2.63%
CEMETERY DISTRICT 4 Commissioner Position 3
David Kratzig
731
99.19%
WRITE-IN
6
0.81%
CEMETERY DISTRICT 5 Commissioner Position 2
Dennis Craig Poe
77
98.72%
WRITE-IN
1
1.28%
CEMETERY DISTRICT 6 Commissioner Position 3
Amy Bernard
2166
97.74%
WRITE-IN
50
2.26%
CEMETERY DISTRICT 7 Commissioner Position 2
Jean M. Laird
738
74.77%
Kenny Sund
245
24.82%
WRITE-IN
4
0.41%
CEMETERY DISTRICT 7 Commissioner Position 3
Helen Birchall
739
97.36%
WRITE-IN
20
2.63%
CEMETERY DISTRICT 8 Commissioner Position 3
Pauline DeHaan
204
100.00%
WRITE-IN
0
0.00%
CEMETERY DISTRICT 9 Commissioner Position 3
Eric Dawson
439
53.47%
Rebecca Judy
381
46.41%
WRITE-IN
1
0.12%
CEMETERY DISTRICT 10 Commissioner Position 2
Bill De Groot
2923
98.78%
WRITE-IN
36
1.22%
CEMETERY DISTRICT 10 Commissioner Position 3
Jim De Groot
2927
98.59%
WRITE-IN
42
1.41%
POINT ROBERTS PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT 1 Commissioner Position 3
Mike Bell
185
77.08%
Travis Robb
51
21.25%
WRITE-IN
4
1.67%
POINT ROBERTS PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT 1 Commissioner Position 4
Bronwyn Glor
124
49.40%
Doug Shier
89
35.46%
Izaac Wilkowski
36
14.34%
WRITE-IN
2
0.80%
BLAINE-BIRCH BAY PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT 2 Commissioner Position 2
Sheli Moore
2492
98.69%
WRITE-IN
33
1.31%
BLAINE-BIRCH BAY PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT 2 Commissioner Position 4
Billy Brown
2452
98.43%
WRITE-IN
39
1.57%
LYNDEN REGIONAL PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT 3 Commissioner Position 1
Rick Lair
2977
98.94%
WRITE-IN
32
1.06%
LYNDEN REGIONAL PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT 3 Commissioner Position 4
Danny Martinez
2884
98.53%
WRITE-IN
43
1.47%
HOSPITAL DISTRICT 304 Commissioner Position 3
Debra Aslett Lancaster
7
100.00%
WRITE-IN
0
0.00%
HOSPITAL DISTRICT 304 Commissioner Position 5
Germaine Kornegay
5
71.43%
Ellen de Jong
2
28.57%
WRITE-IN
0
0.00%
POINT ROBERTS PUBLIC HOSPITAL DISTRICT Commissioner Position 2
Alyssa Clark
190
73.64%
Allison Calder
68
26.36%
WRITE-IN
0
0.00%
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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