PORT ANGELES — Clallam County has certified its 2025 general election results, officially closing out a busy ballot that reshaped several local boards while reaffirming others.
County voters overwhelmingly approved the charter amendment clarifying coroner duties, giving it 82 percent support in the final tally. The proposed levy lid lift for essential public services saw the opposite outcome, failing by a wide margin, with 59 percent of voters rejecting the tax increase.
At the Port of Port Angeles, both incumbents will remain in office. Colleen McAleer secured an 88-percent win in Commissioner District 1, while Steven Burke retained his District 2 seat with 85 percent of the vote.
Hospital District 2 saw some of the most closely watched contests of the cycle. Challenger Gerald B. Stephanz Jr. unseated incumbent Ann Marie Henninger in Position 1 with 57 percent. Carleen Bensen captured Position 4 with 58 percent. And the tightest race of the night came in Position 7, where Penney Sanders narrowly edged Laurie Force by just over one percentage point, finishing at 50.5 to 49 percent.
In Port Angeles city politics, voters returned three incumbents to the council and delivered one decisive newcomer win. LaTrisha Suggs held her Position 1 seat with a 51.7-to-48.2 edge over James Taylor. Drew Schwab won Position 2 in a landslide, taking 71 percent. Mark Hodgson, running unopposed, was certified for Position 3. And in Position 4, Kate Dexter secured another term with 61 percent, defeating Mimi Smith Dvorak.
The Port Angeles School Board also saw change. In the certified results, Ned Hammar defeated Sarah Methner to win Director Position 1 with 54 percent of the vote. Nancy Hamilton carried Director Position 2 with 56 percent, topping Mary Hebert.