– The Thurston County Auditor’s Office released election results at approximately 7:26pm this evening, which demonstrated a shift since last night, with the predicted 200 more expected votes that were tallied. Total votes listed below do not include write-ins.
City of Yelm Mayor
Candidate Vote
Joe DePinto 536
JW Foster 580
Difference = 44 votes
Total Votes 1,116
City of Yelm City Council, Position No. 3
Candidate Vote
Cody Colt 525
Russ Hendrickson 484
Difference = 41 votes
Total Votes 1,009
City of Yelm City Council, Position No. 7
Candidate Vote
James C. Blair 501
Terry Kaminski 557
Difference = 56 votes
Total Votes 1,058
Uncontested Council positions all received less than 800 votes each:
Pos. 1, EJ Curry 774
Pos. 3, Tad Stillwell 799
Pos. 4, Tracey Wood 787
– Editor’s note:
In the first vote tally last night, Hendrickson was leading Colt for Pos. 3 by 2 votes. “Colt said he was a ‘nervous wreck,’ while Hendrickson jokingly said, ‘I got him right where I want him’ when told of the results Tuesday night,” quoting Andrew Kollar and Michael Wagar, Nisqually Valley News. This kind of decisiveness has been a hallmark of councilor Hendrickson this election season, which is undignified and unprofessional of our local officials, who constituents expect to held to a higher bar of integrity. Seems the voters “got” the message and may end up showing Hendrickson the door.
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