Pierce County Auditor
Pierce County, Washington
My vote power
Above average
Election date
November 3, 2026 · General election
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: Above average · 59 out of 100
This district is a good deal smaller than its state, so each vote here carries more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 930,319 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(7,816,116 ÷ 930,319) ÷ ln(50,000) = 59.84, measured against a statewide vote in WA (grades: 66+ high, 55+ above average, 33+ average, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Decisiveness: Unknown
No analyst ratings or past results for this contest yet.
Above average representation → My vote power: Above average.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information.
About this office
- Catching waste or fraud in county programs
- Handling county payroll, payments, or elections, in some counties
- Reporting to the public on county spending
Affects: Anti-Corruption, Government Efficiency, Government Spending Reduction,
Candidates
Nonpartisan · declared
Damon Townsend spent five years as a Pierce County elections supervisor and was interim elections manager in Clallam and Cowlitz counties in 2020, alongside two decades managing telecommunications networks. He backs election security and technology modernization.
Records: Election Integrity 2 for, Government Efficiency 1 for
Nonpartisan · Incumbent · declared
Linda Farmer is Pierce County Auditor, elected in 2022 after serving on the Lakewood City Council and the county charter review commission. Her office runs elections, recording, and licensing with about 65 employees and a biennial budget near $28 million.
Records: Election Integrity 5 for
Sources: voter.votewa.gov · piercecountywa.gov2