Politics & Government

Lakewood Election Results: Pierce County 2021 August Primary

Polls have closed and the final votes are being tallied in Pierce County. Here's a look at the preliminary results in Lakewood.

The Pierce County Auditor predicts that roughly a quarter of the county's 566,000 registered voters cast their ballot election.
The Pierce County Auditor predicts that roughly a quarter of the county's 566,000 registered voters cast their ballot election. (Pierce County Auditor's Office)

LAKEWOOD, WA — The polls closed at 8 p.m. Tuesday for the 2021 August Primary Election in Washington.

This year's election contained a number of high profile races in Pierce County, determining who will make the cut to run for mayor in Tacoma, Buckley, Bonney Lake, and Eatonville, who will run to fill two Port of Tacoma Commissioner positions, and whittling down the field for nearly two dozen city council positions, including in Lakewood, Gig Harbor and Puyallup.

Voters have also been asked to weigh in on two proposed levies to support Pierce County Fire Protection District No. 16 and East Pierce Fire and Rescue, and six school districts — Puyallup, University Place, Dieringer, Clover Park, Peninsula, Bethel, and Eatonville — had candidates on the ballot.

Find out what's happening in Lakewood-JBLMfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

Now that the polls have closed, the first ballot drop for the August 2021 Primary Election has been released, and will be updated over the coming days. According to state election data, less than 12 percent of the county's 566,000 registered voters had returned their ballots by Monday evening, but officials project voter turnout will hit around 25 percent by the time every ballot is counted.

In Washington, ballots are tabulated each day following the election, and percentages will continue to change in the days ahead. Results are final upon certification by the Secretary of State's office, due by Friday, Aug. 21.

Find out what's happening in Lakewood-JBLMfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

2021 Primary Election Night Lakewood Results:

City of Lakewood, Council Position 2

CandidateVote Percentage
Mike Brandstetter71.1 percent
Malcolm Russell6.7 percent
Amelia Isabel Escobedo 21.74 percent

City of Lakewood, Council Position 3

CandidateVote Percentage
Jason Whalen64.58 percent
Siabhon Ayuso18.31 percent
David Howarth16.76 percent

City of Lakewood, Council Position 5

CandidateVote Percentage
Gene Drawhorn8.49 percent
Patti Belle70.44 percent
Ria J. Covington Johnson14.07 percent
Antonio Calimano Montanez6.65 percent

Clover Park School District, Director District 3

CandidateVote Percentage
Alyssa Anderson Pearson48.47 percent
Darwin Peters, II19.64 percent
Jeff Brown31.58 percent

Clover Park School District, Director District 4

CandidateVote Percentage
Arie J. Ham14.79 percent
Marty Schafer34.59 percent
Andrea Caldwell21.47 percent
David G. Anderson28.87 percent

Patch will update with the latest results as they come in.

>> View the full Aug. 3, 2021 Primary results for Pierce County.

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