By Dennis Box
The Courier-Herald
The Nov. 8 election results were certified Nov. 29 by the Pierce County Auditor, putting an ending stamp on the 2005 election.
The season saw a new mayor elected in Bonney Lake, Neil Johnson, and the end of Bob Young's administration after eight years.
New mayors will also be taking office in Orting, Cheryl Temple, Sumner with Dave Enslow and Buckley, Pat Johnson.
Bonney Lake has 7,881 registered voters, according to the auditor, and about 49 percent voted in the election. About 48 percent voted across Pierce County.
In the last mayoral election (2001) when Young beat Sherri Bennett for his second term, about 35 percent of those registered voted.
In the 2004 presidential general election about 83 percent of registered voters in Bonney Lake cast their ballot and 78 percent in the county.
The following are the highlight results of the Nov. 8 election.
Mayor
Neil Johnson 2,042 57.85 percent
Jim Rackley 1,466 41.53 percent
Write-in 22 0.62 percent
City Council At Large 1
Dan Swatman 2,331 68.44 percent
Melvain Donyes 1,063 31.21 percent
Write-in 12 0.35 percent
City Council Ward 1
Dave King 448 97.02 percent
Write in 15 2.98 percent
City Council Ward 4
David Bowen 457 97.86 percent
Write in 10 2.14 percent
Sumner School District, District 1
Mike Pavlik 7,788 98.93 percent
Write in 84 1.07 percent
Sumner School District, District No. 5
Sherm Voiles 5,402 60.16 percent
Cathy Freeman 3,550 39.54 percent
Write-in 27 0.30 percent
Dieringer School District, Proposition No. 1 - failed
Approved 1,243 56.42 percent
Rejected 960 43.58 percent
Dieringer School District No. 343
Jim Barfoot 1,577 98.50 percent
Write-in 24 1.50 percent
Dieringer School District No. 343
Pete George 1,581 98.44 percent
Write-in 25 1.56 percent
Dieringer School District No. 343
John P. McKenna 1,553 99.11percent
Write-in 14 0.89 percent
Fire Protection District 12 Position No. 3
Andrew Longstreth 1,138 52.27 percent
Alan Kosko 1,027 47.18 percent
Write-in 12 0.55 percent
Fire Protection District 12 Position No. 4
Roy Mendenhall 1,279 59.13 percent
Douglas Hudson 871 40.27 percent
Write-in 13 0.60 percent
Fire Protection District 12 Position No. 5
Richard Willner 1,867 98.84 percent
Write-in 22 1.16 percent
Fire Protection District 22 Commissioner, Position No. 3
Rick Kuss 6,932 99.17 percent
Write-in 58 0.83 percent
Fire Protection District 22 Commissioner, Position No. 4
Victor Proulx 4,388 51.68 percent
Tim Corliss 4,072 47.96 percent
Write-in 30 0.35 percent
Fire Protection District 22 Proposition No. 1 - passed
Yes 5,758 61.28 percent
No 3,638 38.72 percent
Fire Protection District 22 Proposition No. 2 - passed
Yes 6,034 64.65 percent
No 3,299 35.35 percent
Port of Tacoma Commissioner No. 1
Dick Marzano 79,731 54.00 percent
David Hyres 67,056 45.42 percent
Write-in 863 0.58 percent
Complete results are available at the Courier-Herald Web site, http://www.courierherald.com.
Dennis Box can be reached at dbox@courierherald.com.
