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POMEROY–Mid-term elections have closed and results show 77.59% of Garfield County turned out to vote, with incumbent Sheriff Drew Hyer winning the one contested race for Garfield County Sheriff against challenger Kurt Miller, accumulating a 130-point spread or more than a 10 percent of the total votes, according to the Washington Secretary of State and Garfield County election website on November 14, 2022 after 5 p.m.

In the State of Washington, Garfield County has 1,687 registered voters and 1,309 or 77.59% came out to vote in this mid-term election which put us first in the State with Columbia County following at 77.1% The State has 4,805,688 registered voters and only 58.42% of them came for this mid-term. The remaining ballots yet to be counted are 210,000.

Garfield County results for local positions are: County Assessor: Brian Bartels with 1005 votes or 96.08%, Write-in 41 or 3.92%, Total votes 1046; County Auditor: McKenzie Lueck received 1,113 votes or 98.93%, Write-in 12 or 1.07%, Total votes 1,125; County Clerk: Marie Gormsen 1,078 votes or 97.03%, Write-in 33 or 2.97%, Total votes 1,111; County Commissioner: No. 3 Justin E. Dixon 956 votes or 93.63%, Write-in 65 or 6.37%, Total votes 1,021; County Prosecutor: Matt L. Newberg 1-31 votes of 97.08%, Write-in 65 or 2.92%, Total votes 1.062; County Sheriff: incumbent Drew W. Hyer 699 votes or 54.74%, Kurt Miller (R) 569 votes or 44.56%, Write-in 9 votes or 0.7%, Total votes 1,277; County Treasurer: Tereasa Summers 970 votes or 96.23%, Write-in 38 votes or 3.77%, Total votes 1,008; District Court Judge: Thomas W. Cox 1024 votes or 98.46%, Write-in 16 votes or 1.54%, Total votes 1,040.

Many County results differ from the State outcomes, but some conformed to the ideology of the dominating trend.

County and State results are as follows:

Advisory No. 39: County: Repealed 993 votes or 80.4%, Maintain 241 votes or 19.53%, Total votes 1, 234; State: Advisory No. 39: Repealed 1,563,539 votes or 59.09%, Maintained 1,082,815 votes or 40.92%, Total votes 2,646,354;

Advisory No. 40: County: Repealed 903 votes or 74.2%, Maintain 254-25.07%, Total votes 1,013; State: Advisory No. 40: Repealed 1,373,372 votes or 52.26%, Maintain 1,254,709 votes or 47.74%, Total votes 2,628,081;

U.S. Senate District No. 5: Patty Murray (D): County: 304 votes or 23,73%, Tiffany Smiley (R)-974 votes or 76.03%, Write-in-3 or 0.23%, Total votes 1,281; State: Patty Murray 1,591,893 votes or 57.09%, Tiffany Smiley 1,190,279 votes or 42.69%, Write-in 6,072 votes or 0.22%, Total votes 2,788,244;

U.S. Representative District No. 5: Cathy McMorris Rodgers: County: 1027 votes or 80.74%, Natasha Hill 240 votes or 18.87%, Write-in 4 votes or 0.39%, Total votes 1,272; State: Cathy McMorris Rodgers-168,708 votes or 59.25%, Natasha Hill 115,391 votes or 40.52%, Write-in 650 votes or 0.23%, Total votes 284,749;

Secretary of State: County: Steve Hobbs (D) 316 votes or 27.55%, Julie Anderson (NP) 806 votes or 70.27%, Write-in 25 votes or 2.18%, Total votes 1,147; State: Hobbs (D) 1,343,209 votes or 49.85%, Julie Anderson (NP) 1,240,383 votes or 46.04%, Write-in 110,720 or 4.11%, Total votes 2,694,312;

State Representatives 9th District County: Mary Dye (R-9) 1088 votes or 98.19%, Write-in 20 votes or 1.81%, Total votes 1,180; 9th District: Mary Dye (R-9) 43,824 or 96.15%, Write-in 1,754 votes or 3.85%, Total votes 45,578; and

Washington State Representative: County: Joe Schmick 1053 votes or 98.41%, Write-in 17, votes or 1.59%, Total votes 1070; 9th District: Joe Schmick (R-9) 42,297 votes or 95.98%, Writein 1,782 or 4.02%, Total votes 44,279;

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Garfield County Sheriff Drew Hyer is leading challenger Kurt Miller, results from the November 8 General Election show.

Supreme Court Justice Pos. No 1: Mary I. Yu: County: 781 votes or 97.75%, Write-in–18 votes or 2.25%, Total votes 788; State: Mary I. Yu 1,798,497 votes or 97.28%, Write-in 50,248 votes or 2.72%, Total votes 1,848,745;

Supreme Court Justice Pos. No. 5: Barbara Madsen: County: 791 votes or 98.02%, Write-in–16 votes or 1.98%, Total votes 807; State: Barbara Madsen 1,777,569 votes or 97.68%, Write-in 42,311 votes or 2.32%, Total votes 1,819,880;

Supreme Court Justice Pos. No. 6: G. Helen Whitener County: 789 votes or 98.13%, Write-in–15 votes or 1.87%, Total vote 804: State: G. Helen Whitener-1,759,626 votes or 97.67%, Write-in 41,964 or 2.33%, Total votes 1,801,590; and

Court of Appeals, Division. 3, District 2 Judge Position No 1 County: George Fearing 797 votes or 98.4%, Write-in–13 votes or 1.6%, Total votes 810; District: George Fearing 100,134 votes or 8.8%, Write-in 1,212 votes or 1.2%, Total votes 101,346.

County and State results will be certified on November 29, 2022.