Democratic U.S. Rep. Emily Randall held a commanding lead over Republican challenger Teresa Fox districtwide after Wednesday’s count in the race for the 6th Congressional District seat in the U.S. House.
Districtwide, Randall had 166,240 votes, or 64.6%, to Fox’s 90,787, or 35.3%, according to the Washington Secretary of State.
Kitsap County voters also favored Randall, 63.9% to 36.0%, or 61,099 votes to 34,427, according to unofficial results posted by the Kitsap County Auditor’s Office at 3:34 p.m. Wednesday.
Countywide, 97,481 ballots had been counted, a turnout of 47.7% of Kitsap County’s 204,242 registered voters.
The Kitsap County Auditor’s Office will keep counting ballots in the coming days, including mailed ballots postmarked by Election Day, and results can change. The county is scheduled to certify the election Nov. 24.
The winner will serve a two-year term.
Randall, of Port Orchard, is seeking a second term. A South Kitsap High School graduate, she served in the state Senate representing the 26th Legislative District from 2019 to 2024 before winning the seat vacated by Derek Kilmer in 2024.
Fox, a lifelong Bremerton resident making her first bid for elected office, has worked as environmental health and safety director for the Naval Inactive Ships Maintenance Office in Bremerton, spent 12 years with Kitsap County in community development and five years in the fire marshal’s office. She has said her priorities are affordability and economic opportunity, including timber and maritime jobs, and public safety.
In the Aug. 4 top-two primary, Randall received about 59% of the vote in Kitsap County and Fox about 28%, in a five-candidate field. Districtwide, Randall received about 59% and Fox about 25%.
The 6th District includes the Kitsap and Olympic peninsulas and most of Tacoma.
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