Republican state Rep. Dan Griffey led Democratic challenger Jim Pierson districtwide in early returns Tuesday night in the race for state representative, Position 1, in the 35th Legislative District.
Districtwide, Griffey had 14,325 votes, or 51.6%, to Pierson’s 13,412, or 48.3%, according to the Washington Secretary of State.
Kitsap County voters also favored Griffey, 54.3% to 45.6%, or 6,393 votes to 5,364, according to unofficial results posted by the Kitsap County Auditor’s Office at 8:13 p.m. Tuesday.
Countywide, 92,136 ballots had been counted, a turnout of 45.1% 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.
Griffey, a career firefighter and EMT, has held the seat since 2015 after first winning election in 2014.
Pierson, an Army Special Forces veteran, is a Democratic precinct committee officer in Thurston County seeking his first elected office.
In the Aug. 4 primary, Griffey received 26,669 votes (53.3%) districtwide, Pierson 14,047 votes (28.1%) and Shaena Garberich 9,320 votes (18.6%). In Kitsap County, Griffey had 5,907 votes (56.4%) and Pierson 2,658 votes (25.4%).
The 35th District covers all of Mason County and parts of Thurston and Kitsap counties.
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