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Lewis County, Washington

2026 election results. John Braun (R) has 63% of the Washington 3rd District vote in Lewis County, with about 98% of the expected vote counted. The margin is 7.1 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 13 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Lewis County

The leader in Lewis 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 5, 5:40 PM.

13 local contests in Lewis County

County offices, local measures, judges and districts on Lewis 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

Assessor

CandidateVotesShare
Ross W. Nielson R26,55895.8%
Write-in1,1774.2%

Ross W. Nielson is unopposed.

Auditor

CandidateVotesShare
Mitchell L. Merrill R18,69558.4%
Mitch Townsend R12,54539.2%
Write-in7972.5%

Mitchell L. Merrill ahead in Lewis County.

Clerk

CandidateVotesShare
Scott Tinney R27,10096.5%
Write-in9723.5%

Scott Tinney is unopposed.

Coroner

CandidateVotesShare
Warren McLeod R20,01654.8%
Jessica Stickley I16,41144.9%
Write-in1190.3%

Warren McLeod ahead in Lewis County.

Prosecuting Attorney

CandidateVotesShare
Jonathan L. Meyer R25,67694.9%
Write-in1,3745.1%

Jonathan L. Meyer is unopposed.

Sheriff

CandidateVotesShare
Gabriel J Frase R19,67456.4%
Tracy Murphy R14,54641.7%
Write-in6661.9%

Gabriel J Frase ahead in Lewis County.

Treasurer

CandidateVotesShare
Arny Davis R26,74796.9%
Write-in8623.1%

Arny Davis is unopposed.

County Commissioner, District 3

CandidateVotesShare
Scott Brummer R17,70453.6%
Michael Hadaller R14,61744.2%
Write-in7332.2%

Scott Brummer ahead in Lewis County.

Local measures

Transportation Benefit District of Chehalis

ChoiceVotesShare
Approved1,95672.9%
Rejected72727.1%

Approved ahead with 72.9% in Lewis County.

Fire Protection District No. 6

ChoiceVotesShare
Approved2,36657.7%
Rejected1,73442.3%

Approved ahead with 57.7% in Lewis County.

Judges

District Court Judge, Dept 1

CandidateVotesShare
Wade S. Samuelson25,05497.3%
Write-in6932.7%

Wade S. Samuelson is unopposed.

District Court Judge, Dept 2

CandidateVotesShare
RW Buzzard25,54597.0%
Write-in7883.0%

RW Buzzard is unopposed.

Districts

Public Utility District 1

CandidateVotesShare
Steve Grega14,59254.7%
Jeff Baine11,83844.4%
Write-in2561.0%

Steve Grega ahead in Lewis County.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
WA-03R +26.9R +34.0D +7.1

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 Lewis County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris31.8%Donald Trump64.7%R +32.945,383
2020Joe Biden32.0%Donald Trump64.9%R +32.845,302
2016Hillary Clinton28.3%Donald Trump64.4%R +36.134,149
2012Barack Obama37.2%Mitt Romney60.1%R +22.934,044
2008Barack Obama39.3%John McCain58.4%R +19.234,705
2004John Kerry33.1%George W. Bush64.9%R +31.832,428
2000Al Gore33.0%George W. Bush61.9%R +28.929,983

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 R +3.9.

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.