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Thurston County, Washington

2026 election results. John Braun (R) has 60% of the Washington 3rd District vote in Thurston County, with about 98% of the expected vote counted. The margin is 7.8 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Thurston County is split between 2 U.S. House districts. Below are also 17 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Thurston County

U.S. House: Washington 3rd District

John Braun
60.1%8,869
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
39.9%5,887
98% counted

Only part of Thurston County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Marie Gluesenkamp Perez wins. Called.

U.S. House: Washington 10th District

Marilyn Strickland
66.9%75,842
Chris Chung
33.1%37,579
95% counted

Only part of Thurston County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Marilyn Strickland wins. Called.

The leader in Thurston 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 13, 11:01 AM.

17 local contests in Thurston County

County offices, local measures, judges and districts on Thurston 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
JJ Olson D65,00356.2%
Lynda Nashed Zeman D47,99641.5%
Write-in2,6402.3%

JJ Olson ahead in Thurston County.

Auditor

CandidateVotesShare
Tillie Naputi-Pullar D93,07095.7%
Write-in4,1694.3%

Tillie Naputi-Pullar is unopposed.

Clerk

CandidateVotesShare
Nicole Miller D63,79251.5%
Garrett Cady I59,50548.0%
Write-in6370.5%

Nicole Miller ahead in Thurston County.

County Commissioner, District No. 3

CandidateVotesShare
Tye Menser D91,88695.5%
Write-in4,3454.5%

Tye Menser is unopposed.

County Commissioner, District No. 5

CandidateVotesShare
Emily Clouse D62,22252.4%
Nicolas Martinez-Dunning54,30645.7%
Write-in2,1801.8%

Emily Clouse ahead in Thurston County.

Coroner

CandidateVotesShare
Gary Warnock D96,47997.0%
Write-in2,9393.0%

Gary Warnock is unopposed.

Prosecuting Attorney

CandidateVotesShare
Christy Peters D92,17396.1%
Write-in3,7203.9%

Christy Peters is unopposed.

Sheriff

CandidateVotesShare
Derek Sanders I89,51669.6%
Kevin Burton-Crow D38,73130.1%
Write-in4100.3%

Derek Sanders ahead in Thurston County.

Treasurer

CandidateVotesShare
Jeff Gadman D91,14596.2%
Write-in3,5633.8%

Jeff Gadman is unopposed.

Local measures

Fire Protection District No. 3 (Lacey) - Proposition No. 1 - Bonds for Fire Stations, Training Facility, Logistics Warehouse

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes27,20170.2%
No11,56429.8%

Yes ahead with 70.2% in Thurston County.

West Thurston Regional Fire Authority (Rochester) - Proposition No. 1 - Property Tax for Fire Maintenance and Operations

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes3,02755.0%
No2,47945.0%

Yes ahead with 55.0% in Thurston County.

West Thurston Regional Fire Authority (Littlerock) - Proposition No. 1 - Property Tax for Fire Maintenance and Operations

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes2,85957.9%
No2,07742.1%

Yes ahead with 57.9% in Thurston County.

Judges

District Court Judge, Pos. 1

CandidateVotesShare
Kalo Wilcox89,31897.6%
Write-in2,1802.4%

Kalo Wilcox is unopposed.

District Court Judge, Pos. 2

CandidateVotesShare
Sam Meyer89,11197.6%
Write-in2,1492.4%

Sam Meyer is unopposed.

District Court Judge, Pos. 3

CandidateVotesShare
Paul Wohl88,69497.8%
Write-in2,0192.2%

Paul Wohl is unopposed.

Districts

Public Utility District Commissioner, District No. 1

CandidateVotesShare
Jim Campbell66,38259.4%
Troy Kirby44,60539.9%
Write-in8270.7%

Jim Campbell ahead in Thurston County.

Public Utility District Commissioner, District No. 3

CandidateVotesShare
Chris Pettit78,44971.2%
Jeff Curry30,78527.9%
Write-in1,0150.9%

Chris Pettit ahead in Thurston County.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
WA-03 part of the countyR +20.2R +28.0D +7.8
WA-10 part of the countyD +33.7D +27.3D +6.4

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 Thurston County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris58.1%Donald Trump37.9%D +20.3164,396
2020Joe Biden57.5%Donald Trump38.8%D +18.6168,103
2016Hillary Clinton53.2%Donald Trump37.6%D +15.6129,410
2012Barack Obama58.3%Mitt Romney38.8%D +19.5127,063
2008Barack Obama59.9%John McCain38.2%D +21.7126,709
2004John Kerry55.5%George W. Bush42.6%D +13.0112,789
2000Al Gore51.8%George W. Bush41.0%D +10.897,407

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 +9.4.

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.