Primary Election Results — Fire Levy Passed with 63% Approval; Krishnadasan Led Caldier by 3%

About 38% of the Key Peninsula electorate voted on the levy.”

Pierce County election results updated at 10 a.m., Aug. 14.

There are approximately 30 ballots left to count out of 131,657 collected so far. The vote audit is scheduled for Aug. 19.

FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 16 Proposition No. 1

Levy Lid Lift

Yes                  3,417             63.45%

No                   1,968             36.48%

Total votes 5,385, or about 38% of the electorate.

There are 14,241 active voters on the Key Peninsula (though more are registered), according to the Pierce County Auditor's Office.

FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 16 Commissioner - Position No. 1

The top two candidates advance to the general election in November.

Colleen Marie Mullen        1,497    30.35%

Gretchen Schneider          1,227    24.88%

LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 26 State Senator

This is a two-county race. It is also a test run, since both candidates will proceed to the general election in November regardless of the outcome. There is a primary for partisan races even if only one or two candidates run.

Pierce County

Deb Krishnadasan (D)      11,369     49.95%

Michelle Caldier (R)          11,359     49.9%

Kitsap County

Deb Krishnadasan (D)     11,731     52.55%

Michelle Caldier (R)         10,593   47.45%

Sen. Krishnadasan led Rep. Caldier by 1,148 votes, or 2.55%.

CHARTER REVIEW District 7

Position 1

Justin Leighton                11,952    33.19%

Pat McMonigle                 6,284    17.45%

Position 2

Brenda Lykins                   20,263   57.78%

Gary Parker                       12,303   35.08%           

Position 3

Martha Lantz                    14,402  40.24%

Jesse L. Young                  11,845  33.1%

PORT OF TACOMA Commissioner - Position No. 1

John McCarthy                     57,221     46.02%

Tim Payne                              42,094    33.85%

PORT OF TACOMA Commissioner - Position No. 4

JT Wilcox               51,509             41.53%

Cyrus Donato       50,395            40.64%

See complete results for the Pierce County election here: https://results.vote.wa.gov/results/20250805/pierce/

See complete results for the Kitsap County election here: https://www.kitsap.gov/auditor/Pages/elections.aspx