Primary Election: Camas-Washougal voters support fire department bonds and raise ECFR levy cap

Similarly, voters in the ECFR District overwhelmingly approved the ECFR levy cap increase, which will increase the fire district’s levy rate from $1.08 per $1,000 of APV to $1.50 per $1,000 for levy in 2025. Following the August 7 vote count, the measure to raise the ECFR levy cap passed by a vote of 64.93% (1,346 yes votes) to 35.11% (727 no votes).

Washougal Mayor maintains 650-vote lead over 17th District Republican candidates

In the race for Seat 2 in Washington’s 17th Legislative District, Democratic candidate Terri Niles of Vancouver received enough votes to advance to the Nov. 5 election and will likely face Republican Washougal Mayor David Stuebe in the Nov. 5 general election.

As of Wednesday, August 7, Niles had received 123,330 votes (47.76%), while the two Republican candidates in the race for Position 2 in the 17th District – Stuebe and Carson resident Hannah Joy – are separated by 650 votes after the second vote count.

On Wednesday, Stuebe, who has stated that he would serve as a legislator and mayor of Washougal if elected, was leading with 7,599 votes (27.23%) to Joy’s 6,949 votes (24.9%).

Candidates from Camas fall behind in the race for the 3rd Congressional District

Election results show that two Camas candidates seeking to represent Washington’s 3rd District in Congress – including Camas City Councilman Leslie Lewallen – failed to garner enough support to appear on the November general election ballot.