Election 2023 results

A voter drops a ballot into the drop box in Moses Lake during a previous election. This year's general election results have been released, although the numbers won't nbe official until Nov. 28.
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by Staff report
| November 7, 2023 9:17 PM

EPHRATA — Voters in Grant and Adams counties selected mayors, decided city council and school board races, and chose commissioners for port, fire and hospital districts in the general election Tuesday.

Only contested races are listed. Races in districts that span more than one county include results from all counties.

As of Election Day, voter turnout was 19.3% in Grant County and 21.2% in Adams County.

The results below are unofficial and reflect ballots counted as of about 8:30 p.m. Election Day. Vote totals will be updated periodically until the election is certified Nov. 28.

Grant County

Quincy Port District Port Commissioner 2

Patric F. Connelly 916 58.53%

Joe Harris 643 41.09%

Hartline Port District Port Commissioner 3

Chris Wilson 41 69.49%

Wesley Sieg 18 30.51%

Grant County Hospital District 1 Commissioner District 3

Katherine Christian 2,610 61.83%

Elliott DeLong 1,607 38.07%

Grant County Hospital District 1 Commissioner At-Large Position 4

Dale Paris 2,806 67.88%

Joseph Akers 1,316 31.83%

Quincy School District School Director 2

Dayana Ruiz 765 54.6%

Bart Yeates 635 45.32%

Quincy School District School Director 3

Shannon Durfee 861 61.99%

Heather Folks-Lambert 525 37.8%

Quincy School District School Director 4 At-Large

Rita Keene 789 56.28%

Jack Foglesong 608 43.37%

Moses Lake School District School Director 1

Amy L. Breitenstein 2,024 50.32%

Shannon Hintz 1,987 49.4%

Moses Lake School District School Director 3

Carla Mayberry Urias 2,144 53.73%

Susan Freeman 1,830 45.86%

Moses Lake School District School Director 5

Kirryn Jensen 2,376 60.63%

Alana DeGooyer 1,530 39.04%

Ephrata School District School Director 2

Mike Fluerkens 743 53.41%

Jordan Hansen 642 46.15%

Wilson Creek School District School Director 2

Ken Ribail 62 69.66%

Stacy Kostelnik 27 30.34%

Coulee City Council Member 1

Erin Correia 70 53.85%

Branden Jorgensen 59 45.38%

Coulee City Council Member 2

Travis Liening 64 50.39%

Karen Powers 63 49.61%

Coulee City Council Member 3

Steve Bond 93 71.54%

Jennifer Schwartz 37 28.46%

Coulee City Council Member 4

Richard Heiberg 81 61.83%

April Harward 50 38.17%

Electric City Council Member 3

Brian Buche 117 56.8%

Thomas Levi Johnson 89 43.2%

Electric City Council Member 4

Matt Gilbert 145 70.73%

Birdie Hensley 58 28.29%

Electric City Council Member 5

Blake Martin 119 60.41%

Cheryl Hoffman 78 39.59%

Ephrata Council Member 5

Beau Lamens 515 59.95%

Michael Durfee 340 39.58%

Ephrata Council Member 7

Mike Warren 558 63.99%

JoBeth Carlson 307 35.21%

George Council Member 1

Brulée Hoskins Töfflemoyer 23 65.71%

Gerene Nelson 12 34.29%

George Council Member 5

Patty Neff-Carroll 23 67.65%

Kenneth Entzel 11 32.35%

Grand Coulee Mayor

Mike Eylar 91 85.85%

Chuck Crowe 14 13.21%

Mattawa Mayor

Maria M. Celaya 23 74.19%

Jaime Gutierrez 6 19.35%

Mattawa Council Member 6

Fabiola Hernandez 24 80%

Amanda S. Havens 5 16.67%

Moses Lake Council Member 6

Victor Lombardi 1,121 60.43%

Jeremy Nolan 732 39.46%

Moses Lake Council Member 7

David Skaug 1,402 73.98%

Elisia "Lisa" Dalluge Eklund 484 25.54%

Quincy Council Member 6

Jim Kling 336 52.09%

Manny Rodriguez 309 47.91%

Royal City Council Member 4

Stanton Fanning 28 56%

Ryan Piercy 22 44%

Soap Lake Mayor

Allen DuPuy 179 75.53%

Michelle Agliano 58 24.47%

Soap Lake Council Member 6

Peter Sharp 126 56.5%

Megan Gould 95 42.6%

Soap Lake Council Member 7

Judith Gorman 127 54.74%

JoAnn Rushton 104 44.83%

Warden Council Member 4

Brittney Pittman 77 79.38%

Dario Pruneda 20 20.62%

Warden Council Member 5

Jesus Martinez 69 71.13%

Leilani Pruneda 28 28.87%

Grant County Fire District 5 Commissioner 2

KL “Buck” Naff 1,348 74.07%

Andrew Koeppen 471 25.88%

Grant County Fire District 13 Commissioner 2

Mel Lotz 160 70.8%

Perry Merriel 65 28.76%

Adams County

Othello Port District Commissioner District 1

Homer Montemayor 389 54.94%

Owen Olsen 319 45.06%

Adams County Hospital District 2 Commissioner Position 2

Riley Hille 606 69.42%

Guillermo Mendez 263 30.13%

Lind School District Director Position 1

Breanne Williamson 151 81.62%

Rosemary Elkington 34 18.38%

Lind School District Director Position 5

Kevin Starring 131 71.98%

Vernon Shepard 51 28.02%

Odessa School District Director 2

Zach Schafer 230 59.28%

Ed Deife 153 39.43%

Odessa School District Director 3

Carmen Weishaar 331 85.75%

Amanda Wallace 52 13.47%

Odessa School District Director 4 At-Large

Chris Crossley 317 82.12%

Cory Kramer 66 17.1%

Othello School District Director District 1

Aaron Gerber 389 52.57%

Kelli E. Camp 351 47.43%

Othello School District Director District 5 At-Large

Isauro Pruneda Jr. 344 50.07%

Thalia D. Lemus-Deleon 342 49.78%

Lind Council Position 4

Jamie Schmunk 74 58.27%

Myra J. Horton 53 41.73%

Lind Council Position 5

Jim Weidemann 90 71.43%

James N. Dworshak 36 28.57%

Othello Council Position 4

Darryl Barnes 206 53.79%

Eugene Bain 176 45.95%

Ritzville Mayor

Scott Yaeger 281 63%

Cory W. Bartlett 164 36.77%

Ritzville Council Ward 1

Jessica Quinn 279 66.11%

Dede Boyer 140 33.18%

Ritzville Council At-Large

Jen Verhey 328 74.38%

Marsha Reimers Smith 111 25.17%

Washtucna Mayor

Brett D. Guske 50 81.97%

Carisha Smith 11 18.03%