The Peninsula Gateway Blog

Two contested Gig Harbor City Council positions were decided Tuesday night, and the Key Peninsula Fire Department will look a bit different after early voting returns have been counted.

Early returns show council incumbents Tim Payne and Derek Young beating respective challengers Mark Hoppen and Ken Asplund, while three other city races were uncontested. Gig Harbor Mayor Chuck Hunter was re-elected to a second four-year term, and incumbent council members Steve Ekberg and Paul Kadzik were re-affirmed to four-year terms.

On the Key Peninsula, Fire District 16’s Proposition 1, which would increase the current levy rate to $1.09 per $1,000 of assessed home value, is being defeated by a 14 percent margin — 331 total votes.

On the KPFD Board of Commissioners, Claudia Jones will unseat longtime commissioner Jim Bosch, and Sheila Hunt has beaten challenger Richard Hanna

The following is an updated ballot count as reported by the Pierce County Auditor’s Office at 5:32 a.m. on Wednesday. Results from statewide measures are current as of 7:56 a.m. Wednesday.

Proposed Pierce County Charter Amendment 1

Approved — 32.95 percent (23,708 votes)

Rejected — 67.05 percent (48,245)

Proposed Pierce County Charter Amendment 2

Approved — 47.82 percent (33,949)

Rejected — 52.18 percent (37,045)

Proposed Pierce County Charter Amendment 3

Approved — 71.27 percent (51,405)

Rejected — 28.73 percent (20,720)

Port of Tacoma Commissioner Pos. 1

Connie Bacon — 56.90 percent (36,606)

Bill Casper — 42.56 percent (27,383)

Write-in — 0.54 percent (350)

Port of Tacoma Commissioner Pos. 2

Charles Kelly Creso — 38.24 percent (24,053)

Dick Marzano — 61.20 percent (38,491)

Write-in — 0.55 percent (348)

Port of Tacoma Commissioner Pos. 4

Don Meyer — 66.62 percent (42,096)

Cathy Pearsall-Stipek — 32.94 percent (21,212)

Write-in — 0.44 percent (286)

Gig Harbor Mayor

Chuck Hunter — 96.75 percent (952)

Write-in — 3.25 percent (32)

Gig Harbor City Council Pos. 1

Mark Hoppen — 42.49 percent (458)

Tim Payne — 57.33 percent (618)

Write-in — 0.19 percent (2)

Gig Harbor City Council Pos. 2

Steven K. Ekberg — 98.65 percent (878)

Write-in — 1.35 percent (12)

Gig Harbor City Council Pos. 3

Ken Asplund — 34.78 percent (360)

Derek M. Young — 65.12 percent (674)

Write-in — 0.10 percent (1)

Gig Harbor City Council Pos. 7

Paul L. Kadzik — 98.78 percent (889)

Write-in — 1.22 percent (11)

Peninsula School District No. 401 Director District 2

Wendy Wojtanowicz — 98.35 percent (6,256)

Write-in — 1.65 percent (105)

Peninsula School District No. 401 Director District 5

John Earl — 98.41 percent (5,868)

Write-in — 1.59 percent (95)

Pierce County Fire District No. 5 Commissioner 1 (Gig Harbor)

Kevin Entze — 98.88 percent (4,521)

Write-in — 1.12 percent (51)

Pierce County Fire District No. 5 Commissioner 5 (Gig Harbor)

Scott Casebolt — 98.20 percent (4,033)

Write-in — 1.80 percent (74)

Pierce County Fire District No. 16 Proposition 1 (Key Peninsula)

Yes — 43.0 percent (1,017)

No — 57.0 percent (1,348)

Pierce County Fire District No. 16 Commissioner 2

Jim Bosch — 24.55 percent (574)

Claudia Jones — 74.81 percent (1,749)

Write-in — 0.64 percent (15)

Pierce County Fire District No. 16 Commissioner 4

Richard E. Hanna — 35.43 percent (801)

Sheila Hunt — 64.0 percent (1,447)

Write-in — 0.57 percent (13)

Key Pen Parks Commissioner Pos. 2

Sylvia Tinio — 32.75 percent (696)

Bill Trandum — 66.64 percent (1,416)

Write-in — 0.61 percent (13)

Key Pen Parks Commissioner Pos. 4

J. Michael Hays — 39.98 percent (824)

Edward C. Robison — 59.24 percent (1,221)

Write-in — 0.78 percent (16)

PenMet Parks Commissioner Pos. 2

William V. Sehmel — 97.85 percent (3,549)

Write-in — 2.15 percent (78)

PenMet Parks Commissioner Pos. 3

Scott A. Junge — 98.74 percent (3,759)

Write-in — 1.26 percent (48)

East Gig Harbor Water Commissioner Pos. 3

Terence Hanley — 98.28 percent (57)

Write-in — 1.72 percent (1)

Wollochet Harbor Sewer Commissioner Pos. 3

Robert Buzzard — 100 percent (20)

Write-in — 0 percent (0)

Pierce County Auditor
(Ranked-Choice Voting; first algorithm, no candidates eliminated)

Jan Shabro — 41.17 percent (28,712)

Julie Anderson — 48.96 percent (34,145)

Will Baker — 9.52 percent (6,639)

Write-in — 0.35 percent (243)

Pierce County Auditor (after algorithm is applied)

Jan Shabro — 44.17 percent (25,654 — 1,177 added after Baker elimination)

Julie Anderson — 55.29 percent (31,719 — 2,599 added after Baker elimination)

Will Baker — 0 percent — 5,245 second-choice votes spread among remaining candidates; 1,658 exhausted ballots (meaning no second-choice votes were given)

Statewide measures (last updated Nov. 4 at 7:56 a.m.)

Initiative 1033

Yes — 44.62 percent (434,051)

No — 55.38 percent (538,768)

Referendum 71

Approved — 51.03 percent (511,651)

Rejected — 48.97 percent (490,948)