Whitman County Special Election Preliminary Results

Contested Races

Garfield Town Mayor

Jarrod Pfaff 72, 45%

Ray McCown 61, 38%

Terri Linderman 27, 17%

Garfield Town Council

Rebecca Strange-Jones 9, 6%

Tom Tevlin 112, 70%

Kevin Pickron 40, 25%

Pullman School District Director District 4

Nathan J. Roberts 376, 25%

Lipi Turner-Rahman 277, 18%

Elizabeth Siler* 307, 20%

Karl M. Johanson 528, 35%

Pullman Council 2, Ward 2

Dan Records 50, 26%

Garren Shannon 82, 43%

Troy J. Smith 17, 9%

Austin Brown 37, 19%

Pullman Council 7, Ward 1

Al Sorensen 501, 58%

Hannah Krauss* 140, 16%

Eric Fejeran 215, 25%

*Krauss and Siler withdrew their candidacies prior to ballots being mailed in mid-July

Town/District Propositions

Town of Farmington Proposition #1

Finance street maintenance and repair and street improvements. The proposition would authorize the town to collect an excess property tax levy upon all taxable property within the town in the amount of $12,000, an estimated $1.44 or less per $1,000 of assessed property value in the year of 2017 for collection in 2018.

Yes 52%

No 48%

Town of Farmington Proposition #2

Finance current expense fund. The proposition would authorize the town to collect an excess property tax levy upon all taxable property within the town in the amount of $8,000, an estimated $0.96 or less per $1,000 of assessed property value in the year of 2017 for collection in 2018.

Yes 57%

No 43%

Town of Farmington Proposition #3

Finance the purchase of fire equipment and general equipment. The proposition would authorize the town to collect an excess property tax levy upon all taxable property within the town in the amount of $20,000, an estimated $2.40 or less per $1,000 of assessed property value in the year of 2017 for collection in 2018.

Yes 64%

No 36%

Town of Garfield Proposition #1

Finance street maintenance and repair and street improvements. The proposition would authorize the town to collect an excess property tax levy upon all taxable property within the town in the amount of $62,000, an estimated $2.63 per $1,000 of assessed property value in the year of 2017 for collection in 2018.

Yes 59%

No 41%

St. John Cemetery District Proposition #1

Special levy for the maintenance and operations of the cemetery district. The proposition would allow the district to collect $14,000, an estimated $0.08 per $1,000 of assessed valuation in 2017 for collection in 2018.

Yes 164, 78%

No 47, 22%

Colfax Cemetery District Proposition #1

Special levy for the maintenance and operations, including equipment purchase, of the cemetery district. The proposition would allow the district to collect $250,000, an estimated $0.67 per $1,000 of assessed valuation in 2017 for collection in 2018.

Yes 381, 61%

No 239, 39%

Underlined candidates and measures indicate those which were favorable as of the first count on election night. A proposition needs 60% of the vote to pass.