Voters pick new commissioners for two dike districts
By Rachel Lerman, Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon, Wash. | |
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The Skagit County Elections Office received about 1,300 votes overall, said elections supervisor
The office sent out about 50 ballots to
The office does not expect many more ballots, Cunningham said.
There were no other contested elections in the county's other dike and drainage districts.
If his one-vote lead holds, Sullivan will serve as the commissioner for
Incumbent Sullivan will start his third term and will work on getting pipes lined and pumps improved, he said. He also wants to work on raising the dikes.
Incumbent Tjeerdsma will return as commissioner for
The district has faced controversy in recent years, including a commissioner resigning in
Tjeerdsma received 591 votes, or 45.9 percent of the 1,288 ballots cast, followed by
Tjeerdsma, 57, is a manager with
He took over
Tjeerdsma said he wants to make
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