Local Votes Roll In, Settling Most Races in Yakima, Neighboring Cities
Despite a disappointing voter turnout and months of legal wrangling over district lines, officials from the Yakima County auditor's office report that a Yakima city vote seems to have settled six City Council vacancies. A seventh -- between Carmen Méndez and Kelly Rosenow for District 3 -- was just 48 votes apart. Méndez leads 597-549.
Meantime, five other local cities were deciding contested mayoral races.
The election won't be certified until Nov. 24, but here's how things stood as of 8 p.m. Tuesday:
YAKIMA CITY COUNCIL
District 1
Dulce Gutiérrez —252
Russell A. Monteiro —45
District 2
Avina Cristal Gutiérrez —215
Maud Scott —136
District 3
Kelly M. Rosenow —549
Carmen Méndez —597
District 4
Bill Lover —498
Tony Sandoval —297
District 5
Reed Pell —511
Kathy Coffey —868
District 6
Gavin D. Keefe — 952
Maureen Adkison — 1,292
District 7
Holly N. Cousens — 1,001
Gunnar Berg -- 705
Here's how those contested mayoral races stacked up:
- SELAH -- Sherry L. Raymond led John J. Gawlik, 465-359
- GRANDVIEW -- Norm Childress led Joan E. Souders, 260-206
- GRANGER -- Charles E. Wheaton led Jose A. Trevino, 77-72.
- NACHES -- Paul D. Williams led Kit M'Lou Hawver, 93-27.
- TIETON -- Dewane Ashbrooks led Stanley Ray Hall, 57-26.