The Clallam County Auditor certified Aug. 3 primary elections Tuesday. Top-two primaries took place in three cities in the county—Port Angeles, Sequim, and Forks. Eight offices appeared on primary ballots.
Clallam County, on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, has the nation’s longest unbroken record of voting for the winning presidential candidate, going back to 1980. Clallam County became a Boomerang Pivot County in 2020, meaning voters voted for Obama in 2008 and 2012, voted for Trump in 2016, and then voted for Biden in 2020.
Ballotpedia is covering elections for 26 total offices in Port Angeles, Sequim, and Forks in 2021. In Clallam County, nonpartisan elections skip the primary and appear only on the general election ballot when fewer than three candidates file for the election or the office is a cemetery or parks and recreation district.
In Port Angeles, the county seat, the following candidates advanced to the Nov. 2 general election:
Port Angeles School District Director Position No. 2
- Mary Hebert (34.37%)
- Gabi Johnson (33.1)
Port Angeles City Council Position No. 1
- LaTrisha Suggs (incumbent) (46.9%)
- Adam Garcia (41.23%)
Port Angeles City Council Position No. 2
- Mike French (incumbent) (56.85%)
- John Madden (35.75%)
Port Angeles City Council Position No. 3
- Lindsey Schromen-Wawrin (incumbent) (41.4%)
- Jena Stamper (37.34%)
Port Angeles City Council Position No. 4
- Kate Dexter (incumbent) (53.33%)
- John W. Procter (41.1%)
In Sequim, the following candidates advanced to the Nov. 2 general election:
Sequim School District Director at Large, Position No. 4 (multi-county race includes votes from Jefferson County)
- Virginia R. Sheppard (28.58%)
- Kristi Schmeck (28.85%)
Fire District #3, Commissioner Position No. 1 (multi-county race includes votes from Jefferson County)
- Duane Chamlee (34.94%)
- Jeff Nicholas (56.68%)
In Forks, the following candidates advanced to the Nov. 2 general election:
Forks City Council Position No. 2
- Josef Echeita (31.1%)
- Clinton W. Wood (58.74%)