Election Results
Final Results Are Still Pending
From our weekly issue dated November 5, 2008
(Editor’s Note: Final statewide and Josephine County results, including statewide ballot measures, will be in next week’s issue. The results below, from the Josephine County Clerk’s Office, listing only Josephine County tallies, are incomplete and not final, but as of shortly prior to midnight on Tuesday, Nov. 4, with nearly all ballots counted, voting showed the following .)
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Josephine County Board of Commissioners
Position 2
Sandi Cassanelli 17,093
Harry Mackin 15,938
Position 3
Dwight Ellis (incumbent) 17,042
Jack Brown 15,861
Josephine County
Clerk & Recorder
Art Harvey 24,872
Mayor, City of Cave Junction
Don Moore 443
Write-ins 88
Josephine County Treasurer
John Harelson (incumbent) 18,535
Dale Matthews 12,310
State Representative
3rd District
Ron Maurer (Republican incumbent) 16,416
Julie Rubenstein (Democrat) 10,243
State Senator 2nd District
Jason Atkinson (Republican incumbent) 23,918
Richard Koopmans (Democrat) 11,200
Congressional Representative 2nd District
Greg Walden (Republican incumbent) 18,338
Noah Lemas (Democrat) 6,052
Richard Hake (Constitution) 572
Tristin Mock (Pacific Green) 690
Congressional Representative 4th District
Peter DeFazio (Democrat incumbent) 7,996
Jaynee Germond (Constitution) 2,693
Mike Beilstein (Pacific Green) 745
U.S. President
John McCain/Sarah Palin (Republicans) 22,124
Barack Obama/Joe Biden (Democrats) 16,697
Nationally, voters were favoring Obama over McCain; and Obama had 338 electoral votes to McCain’s 141 (270 are needed for the presidency).
Measure 17.21
Five-Year Local Option Levy for I.V. Fire District
(A tax rate of $1.68 per $1,000 assessed valuation for five years, beginning July 1, 2009, would provide funds for paid firefighters and emergency medical services personnel).
No 2,982
Yes 1,253
Measure 17-25 Countywide Law Enforcement District 1
(A permanent tax rate of 99-cent per $1,000 assessed valuation, beginning July 1, 2009, would fund personnel and functions comprising adult jail operations, civil process service, court security, concealed weapons permits, emergency services/SAR, law enforcement records division, dispatch division, and law enforcement administration.)
No 21,659
Yes 14,191
Measure 17-26 Countywide Law Enforcement District 2
(A permanent tax rate of $1.09 per $1,000 assessed valuation, beginning July 1, 2009, would form a rural law law enforcement district for patrol and 911 responses, plus major crimes, evidence and narcotics units; business/crime analysis, and law enforcement administration).
No 15,444
Yes 7,950
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