The first round of results for Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024’s General Election were released, and initial returns indicate that Kent School District’s Proposition 1 is losing by a margin of 1,322 votes/2.68 points; Schrier is beating Goers for District No. 8; Entenman is leading Lyebyedyev and Stearns is beating Cooke for District 47, and more.

Kent School District No. 415

Ballots Counted: 51,738

Registered Voters: 105,352 • 49.11%

Proposition No. 1

  • Yes 23,913 • 48.66%
  • No 25,235 • 51.34%
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 8 – U.S. Representative
CandidateVoteVote %
Kim Schrier (Prefers Democratic Party)160,15254.18%
Carmen Goers (Prefers Republican Party)134,94645.65%
Legislative District 47 – State Representative Pos. 1
CandidateVoteVote %
Debra Jean Entenman (Prefers Democratic Party)24,42056.16%
Kyle Lyebyedyev (Prefers Republican Party)18,98243.66%
Legislative District 47 – State Representative Pos. 2
CandidateVoteVote %
Chris Stearns (Prefers Democratic Party)24,20355.67%
Ted Cooke (Prefers Republican Party)19,18144.12%

Other Returns

Other returns so far indicate the Des Moines Proposition No. 1 (Levy Lid Lift) is failing, Ferguson will be our next Governor, Cantwell Senator, Smith in District 9, Jayapal in District 7, Upthegrove for Commissioner of Public Lands, Orwall and Gregorson for Legislative District 33, Alvarado and Fitzgibbon for Legislative District 34; with three of the four statewide initiatives losing.

City of Des Moines
Ballots Counted: 9,864
Registered Voters: 19,531 • 50.50%

Proposition No. 1

  • Approved 3,888 • 41.10%
  • Rejected: 5,573 • 58.90%

Below are results from the Washington Secretary of State:

Governor
CandidateVoteVote %
Bob Ferguson (Prefers Democratic Party)1,286,55656.93%
Dave Reichert (Prefers Republican Party)969,28942.89%
U.S. Senator
CandidateVoteVote %
Maria Cantwell (Prefers Democratic Party)1,520,93759.94%
Dr Raul Garcia (Prefers GOP Party)1,010,65339.83%
Congressional District 7 – U.S. Representative
CandidateVoteVote %
Pramila Jayapal (Prefers Democratic Party)244,15084.77%
Dan Alexander (Prefers Republican Party)42,95814.91%
Congressional District 9 – U.S. Representative
CandidateVoteVote %
Adam Smith (Prefers Democratic Party)127,69468.66%
Melissa Chaudhry (Prefers Democratic Party)53,52128.78%
Commissioner of Public Lands
CandidateVoteVote %
Jaime Herrera Beutler (Prefers Republican Party)1,018,77246.24%
Dave Upthegrove (Prefers Democratic Party)1,179,24253.53%
LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 34 – State Representative Pos. 1
CandidateVoteVote %
Emily Alvarado (Prefers Democratic Party)49,33185.5%
Kimberly M. Cloud (Prefers Republican Party)8,25614.31%
LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 34 – State Representative Pos. 2
CandidateVoteVote %
Joe Fitzgibbon (Prefers Democratic Party)48,86484.46%
Jolie Lansdowne (Prefers Republican Party)8,90615.39%

Legislative District No. 33

Ballots Counted: 40,016
Registered Voters: 84,236 • 47.50%

Representative Position No. 1

  • Tina L. Orwall (Prefers Democratic Party) 26,281 ª 69.01%
  • George Richter (Prefers Republican Party) 11,739 • 30.82%

Representative Position No. 2

  • Mia Su-Ling Gregerson (Prefers Democratic Party) 25,797 • 70.76%
  • Casey Esmond (States No Party Preference) 10,390 • 28.50%

Measures – All Results

Initiative Measure No. 2066
MeasureVoteVote %
Yes1,269,81356.93%
No1,212,47154.36%
Total Votes2,230,544100%
Initiative Measure No. 2109
MeasureVoteVote %
Yes921,83540.8%
No1,591,99570.47%
Total Votes2,259,125100%
Initiative Measure No. 2117
MeasureVoteVote %
Yes956,39542.46%
No1,549,07068.78%
Total Votes2,252,353100%
Initiative Measure No. 2124
MeasureVoteVote %
Yes1,102,74049.43%
No1,380,20961.87%
Total Votes2,230,902100%

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