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Columbia County, Washington

2026 election results. Michael Baumgartner (R) has 71% of the Washington 5th District vote in Columbia County, with about 84% of the expected vote counted. Below are also 9 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Columbia County

The leader in Columbia County is only who has the most votes counted here. Races are won statewide or district-wide, and only the race pages report calls. Last vote update here Nov 10, 3:21 PM.

9 local contests in Columbia County

County offices, local measures and judges on Columbia County's ballots, from Washington's official results file. Names are as the state prints them. "Ahead" describes the current count; it isn't a race call, and we don't call measures.

County offices

Columbia County Assessor

CandidateVotesShare
Tammy Groom Ketterman R1,62798.5%
Write-In251.5%

Tammy Groom Ketterman is unopposed.

Columbia County Auditor

CandidateVotesShare
Will Hutchens1,60999.0%
Write-In171.0%

Will Hutchens is unopposed.

Columbia County Clerk

CandidateVotesShare
Kriston Chapman R1,59298.6%
Write-In221.4%

Kriston Chapman is unopposed.

Columbia County Commissioner No. 3

CandidateVotesShare
Bill Warren R92250.0%
Jack Miller R90349.0%
Write-In181.0%

Bill Warren ahead in Columbia County.

Columbia County Prosecutor

CandidateVotesShare
Nickolas J. Ward1,47697.7%
Write-In342.3%

Nickolas J. Ward is unopposed.

Columbia County Sheriff

CandidateVotesShare
Joe Helm R1,44494.7%
Write-In815.3%

Joe Helm is unopposed.

Columbia County Treasurer

CandidateVotesShare
Carla Rowe1,62599.0%
Write-In171.0%

Carla Rowe is unopposed.

Local measures

Columbia County Pool District - Proposition No. 1 Operation Excess Levy

ChoiceVotesShare
Levy Yes1,07858.0%
Levy No78242.0%

Levy Yes ahead with 58.0% in Columbia County.

Judges

Columbia County District Court Judge

CandidateVotesShare
Kimberly Boggs1,54798.3%
Write-In271.7%

Kimberly Boggs is unopposed.

Washington's official results, file posted Nov 13, 6:01 PM. Unofficial until certified.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
WA-05R +41.0R +44.9Not yet

Margins compare the Democrat and the Republican only. The 2024 column is the presidential margin in the same places as each race's votes here. Shift is this year's margin minus it, shown once at least 90% of the expected vote is counted. A dash means there's no 2024 figure for those exact places.

How Columbia County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris26.6%Donald Trump69.9%R +43.32,488
2020Joe Biden26.8%Donald Trump70.3%R +43.52,495
2016Hillary Clinton24.1%Donald Trump68.6%R +44.52,182
2012Barack Obama28.6%Mitt Romney69.4%R +40.92,259
2008Barack Obama30.8%John McCain67.3%R +36.52,228
2004John Kerry28.7%George W. Bush69.8%R +41.12,107
2000Al Gore24.5%George W. Bush72.3%R +47.92,106

Shares are of all presidential votes, and the margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's. Since 2000, the presidential margin here has moved D +4.5.

Other counties in Washington

Washington results

Sources & scope

Votes for 2026 come from the count this site reads, by county. They're unofficial until Washington certifies them. Past presidential votes are from MEDSL and VEST, via Polling Forecast. Washington's own results, deadlines and offices are on the state page.