Amboy resident Jim Malinowski defeated Yacolt resident Julia Anderson in the race for the single vacancy on the Clark Public Utilities Board of Commissioners.
The 74-year-old Malinowski received 54.33 percent of the votes (72,989) to Anderson’s 45.26 percent (60,805).
Malinowski holds degrees in electrical engineering and worked for Pacific Gas and Electric in California for 31 years. He teaches Power Utilities Technology at Clark College and has lived in Amboy since 1993. Anderson is a former editor at The Columbian Newspaper.
Olson ahead of Stonier
Ridgefield Republican Julie Olson held a 207-vote lead over Democrat Monica Stonier in the race for state representative Position No. 1 in the 17th District in results through Nov. 8.
Olson had received 23,648 votes, or 50.18 percent, to Stonier’s 23,441, or 49.74 percent.
More than 20,000 votes were still left to be counted at the time of The Reflector’s early deadline due to Veterans Day, so the race was still too close to call.
Cortes falls to Vick
It appears Republican Brandon Vick will serve in the 18th District Position 1 House seat, beating out fellow Republican candidate Adrian Cortes.
On the evening of Nov. 7, Vick held 67.71 percent of the vote, while Cortes had 32.29 percent of the vote.
Cortes, a member of the Battle Ground City Council, said he was OK with the outcome of the race and said he called Vick the evening of the Nov. 6 election and congratulated him. He said he told Vick that he looked forward to working with him, Ann Rivers and Liz Pike, and that need to work to “bring good things to Battle Ground.”
“All things considered, this race was such a unique race (with two Republicans running),” Cortes said. “It was definitely something that was not on my radar and I still have a lot of work ahead of me on city council.”
Cortes originally dropped out of the race before the Aug. 7 primary, but his name remained on the primary ballot. When Vick and Cortes both advanced to the Nov. 6 General Election, Cortes decided to re-enter the race.
Yacolt levy fails
A one-year levy for operations and maintenance expenses that would have generated $78,000 in additional revenue for the Town of Yacolt failed to pass. Needing a supermajority of at least 60 percent plus one vote, Yacolt voters cast 279 votes in opposition of the levy, or 64.43 percent, compared to the 154 in favor, or 35.57 percent.
The levy would have instituted a temporary property tax increase of $1 per $1,000 of assessed value.
