County unofficially reports 89.31% voter election turnout

What some analysts said was impossible has materialized, former President Donald Trump surfacing as the landslide winner over Democrat opponent and current Vice-President Kamala Harris for the 47^th Presidency of the United States.

The president elect secured his non-consecutive, second presidency with early morning victories in the key swing states of Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, putting him over the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the 2024 Presidential Election, the Washington Times reported early Wednesday morning.

He is the only U.S. president elected to non-consecutive terms since Grover Cleveland in 1893.

In Washington County, he received 4,429 votes, according to unofficial results. Democrat opponent Kamala Harris received 1,010 votes.

Republican U.S. Rep. Dist. 1 incumbent Russ Fulcher won his race against Democrat opponent Kaylee Peterson, receiving 4,330 votes to Peterson’s 938. Statewide, Fulcher received 325,771 votes, with Peterson receiving 115,293.

Republican incumbent Mike Simpson won the U.S. Rep. Dist. 2 seat over Democrat David Roth by a 249,387 to 124,525 vote margin.

Republican District 9 State Sen. Brandon Shippy received 4,471 votes in Washington County to Democrat opponent Rachel Buck’s 964.

State Representative District 9, Seat A, Republican John C. Shirts received 4,744 votes in Washington County, with Democrat Thomas P. Albritton receiving 706.

State Representative District 9, Seat B, Republican Judy Boyle retains her position, receiving 4,152 votes in Washington County, with Democrat Jody Keeler receiving 1,160.

In local races, Jim Harberd garnered the most votes for County Commissioner District 1 with 4,576 votes. Democrat Carolyn Wesner had 789 votes.

County Commissioner District 3 incumbent Republican Gordon Wilkerson had 4,367 votes and Democrat Linda Strain had 1,037.

Washington County Sheriff Matt Thomas, Republican, ran unopposed. The total votes cast for Thomas was 5,005.

The prosecuting attorney race was also unopposed with Republican True Pearce getting 4,767 votes.

In Washington County, measure HJR5, an amendment to Idaho’s constitution providing that individuals who are not citizens of the U.S. may not be qualified electors in any election held within the State of Idaho, garnered 3,656 yes votes and 1,811 no votes.

Statewide, 565,303 residents voted in favor of HJR5, while 305,156 voted against it.

Proposition 1, which sought to eliminate political primaries and introduce ranked choice voting in Idaho, failed, with 4,493 in Washington County voting against the measure and 984 voting in favor.

State results show 611,854 voting against Prop. 1 and 265,151 voting in favor.