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View MoreElection Results 2026: Doglio, Parshley win 22nd District House seats
Democrats Beth Doglio and Lisa Parshley won their 22nd Legislative District House races by wide margins, according to unofficial results from the Washington Secretary of State.
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View MoreOlson widens Thurston assessor lead as Miller holds in clerk race
Updated unofficial results show JJ Olson leading Lynda Nashed Zeman by nearly 11,000 votes in the Thurston County Assessor race, while Nicole Miller holds a narrower lead over Garrett Cady for county clerk.
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View MoreSanders holds wide lead over Burton-Crow in Thurston sheriff race
Incumbent Sheriff Derek Sanders leads challenger Kevin Burton-Crow by 29,055 votes in the Thurston County sheriff's race, according to unofficial results from Thurston County Auditor, Elections.
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View MoreClouse holds 8-point lead over Dunning in District 5 race
Incumbent Thurston County Commissioner Emily Clouse led challenger Nicolas Martinez-Dunning by about 5,000 votes in early unofficial returns for the District 5 seat, with ballots still being counted.
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View MoreClouse leads Dunning in Thurston County commissioner race
Incumbent Commissioner Emily Clouse holds a roughly 5,000-vote lead over challenger Nic Dunning in early returns for the Thurston County District 5 seat, reversing the August primary where Dunning finished first.
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View MoreMejia leads MacEwen in 35th District Senate race
Thurston County Commissioner Carolina Mejia held a 3-point lead over incumbent Republican Sen. Drew MacEwen in the 35th District state Senate race after initial election-night tallies on Nov. 3, as Democrats moved toward expanding their legislative majority statewide.
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View MoreStevens leads Hawk in state Supreme Court Position 3 race
Mason County Superior Court Judge David Stevens leads King County Superior Court Judge Jaime Michelle Hawk in the race for Washington State Supreme Court Position 3, with 55.6% to 44.1% and only 5 of 39 reporting units counted, according to unofficial results from Washington Secretary of State.
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View MoreWomen broke barriers on election night 2026
The victories put new leaders in charge of policy – and raise a harder question for the political establishment: whose judgment about viable candidates deserves to be trusted?
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View MoreMiller leads Cady by 1,613 votes in Thurston clerk race
Democrat Nicole Miller holds a narrow lead over independent Garrett Cady in preliminary results for Thurston County Clerk, a race shaped by the closure and partial reopening of in-person services at the clerk's office.
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View MoreSanders leads Thurston sheriff race with 69% in early returns
Incumbent Thurston County Sheriff Derek Sanders leads challenger Kevin Burton-Crow with 68.7% of the vote in early returns, though many ballots remain uncounted ahead of the Nov. 24 county certification.
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View MoreHistoric Democratic blue wave reshapes Washington and the states
Democrats break Republican strongholds in Senate and governor races. Dems likely to control both chambers of Congress.
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View MoreCurry challenges Pettit for open Thurston PUD seat
Olympia resident Jeff Curry faces Chris Pettit for an open Thurston County PUD Commissioner District 3 seat on the Nov. 3 ballot, with affordability and clean water technology among his stated priorities.
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