Final results are in for Whatcom County’s November election

The Whatcom County auditor’s office certified final results from the November 2 election on November 23.
The ballot measure to fund the Birch Bay library didn’t meet its supermajority requirement and voters rejected the proposed North Whatcom Fire and Rescue levy lid lift.
Proposition 2021-14 to fund construction of the future Birch Bay Vogt Library needed to be voted on by at least 40 percent of people who voted in the November 2020 election and receive a supermajority. While the library received 59.3 percent voter support, it needed 26 more yes votes to reach its supermajority. The measure will be on a special February 8 election ballot.
North Whatcom Fire and Rescue, or Fire Protection District 21, had its Proposition 2021-9 ballot measure fail with 60.2 percent voting against the levy lid lift. The ballot measure would have increased the current levy of $1.15 per $1,000 by 30 cents to $1.45 per $1,000 to fund new equipment and firefighting personnel.
Slightly less than half of the 157,063 registered voters in Whatcom County voted in the November election, with 76,876 people returning their ballots.
Here are the final election
results:
• Blaine City Council Ward 1, Position 2: Kerena Higgins received 1,141 votes (59 percent), defeating J. Calvin Armerding, who received 790 votes
(41 percent).
• Blaine City Council Ward 2, Position 4: Rhyan Lopez received 1,266 votes (63.4 percent), defeating Colin Hawkins, who received 722 votes
(36.2 percent).
• Blaine City Council Ward 3, Position 6: Eric Davidson received 1,018 votes (52 percent), defeating Barbara Sturdivant, who received 932 votes
(47.7 percent).
• Blaine City Council, At-Large Position 7: Mike Hill received 1,305 votes (64.4 percent), defeating Sukhwant Gill, who received 716 votes (35.4 percent).
• Blaine school board, District 3: Erika Creydt received 3,146 votes (50.9 percent), narrowly beating Bob Feaster, who received 3,016 votes
(48.8 percent).
• Blaine school board, District 5: Laura McKinney received 4,975 votes (81.2 percent), defeating Rocky Butler, who received 1,140 votes (18.6 percent).
• Whatcom County Council At-Large Position A: Barry Buchanan received 39,877 votes (54.1 percent), defeating Kamal Bhachu, who received 33,413 votes (45.4 percent).
• Whatcom County Council, District 1: Kaylee Galloway received 7,062 votes (55.8 percent), defeating Eddy Ury, who received 5,419 votes (42.8 percent).
• Whatcom County Council, District 2: Todd Donovan received 10,655 votes (77.5 percent), defeating Kelley O’Connor, who received 1,243 votes (9 percent). Nancy Hill ran as a write-in candidate; write-ins received 1,849 votes (13.5 percent).
• Whatcom County Council. District 3: Tyler Byrd received 8,138 votes (53.1 percent), defeating Rebecca Lewis, who received 7,125 votes (46.5 percent).
• Port of Bellingham, District 1: Michael Shepard received 40,832 votes (56.5 percent), defeating John Huntley, who received 31,346 votes (43.3 percent).
• Port of Bellingham, District 2: Ken Bell received 39,141 votes (53.8 percent), defeating Kelly Krieger, who received 32,820 votes (45.1 percent).
• Blaine-Birch Bay Park and Recreation District 2, Position 1: Jesse Creydt received 4,119 votes (73.5 percent), defeating David Halme, who received 1,466 votes (26.2 percent).
• Birch Bay Water and Sewer District, Position 1: Jeff Benner received 2,077 votes (75 percent), defeating Pedro Nieto, who received 670 votes (24.2 percent).
Sheli Moore and Billy Brown retained their seats on Blaine-Birch Bay Park and Recreation District after running unopposed. John Crawford and Kimberly Calman-McMurray ran unopposed for North Whatcom Fire and Rescue commissioner positions.

Correction: This article was updated December 6 to correct the current NWFR levy rate. We regret the error.