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Pierce County, Washington

Pierce County Auditor

2 candidates are tracked for Pierce County Auditor on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Linda Farmer and Damon Townsend. Candidate information follows official Pierce County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.

About this race

Nonpartisan county office with two filers, so it does not appear on the August 4 ballot and is decided November 3. Candidates are from the certified filing list at the Washington Secretary of State.

What this office does

County auditor. The county auditor keeps the county's books, processes payments and payroll, and prepares financial reports. In some states the auditor also calculates property tax rates, oversees elections or certifies the budget. The office is a check on how county money is spent.

This race. Nonpartisan: candidates appear without party labels. Every voter in Pierce County votes on this seat. The sitting officeholder, Linda Farmer, is on the ballot.

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Linda Farmer

Nonpartisan Incumbent

Top priorities
  • Elections people can trust
  • Reliable services people count on
  • Experienced, steady leadership of the office

Per the campaign site.

Biography

Pierce County Auditor since 2022, running elections for nearly 600,000 registered voters and overseeing recording, licensing and passport services on a 28 million dollar biennial budget, per the county's official auditor page. She holds the Certified Elections Registration Administrator credential, described on that page as the highest professional achievement for election officials in the country. Before taking office she worked for the Washington State Department of Enterprise Services, Comcast, Pacific Lutheran University and the cities of Tacoma and Federal Way, started out as a newspaper reporter and editor, and served on the Lakewood City Council, per the same page.

Damon Townsend

Nonpartisan

Top priorities
  • Transparent elections with trust built on results
  • Technology modernization that is practical rather than flashy
  • Service equity across the county, at the edges as well as the center

Per the campaign site.

Biography

Pierce County Elections Supervisor from 2014 to 2019 and interim elections manager in Clallam and Cowlitz counties during the 2020 presidential election, per his campaign site. He now works as a network operations supervisor at Lightcurve and describes two decades managing telecommunications, data networking, incident response and around-the-clock critical systems, per the same site, where he argues the auditor's job is fundamentally an operations role.

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Questions about this race

Who is running for Pierce County Auditor in 2026?

2 candidates are tracked for Pierce County Auditor on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Linda Farmer and Damon Townsend. Candidate information follows official Pierce County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.

When is the Pierce County Auditor election in Washington?

Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Registration deadlines, early voting dates and mail ballot rules for Washington are on the Washington election hub at theballotbrief.com.

How do I see my exact Pierce County ballot?

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Candidate roster from official Pierce County and state election office filings, last verified September 27, 2026. Bios and priorities carry their attribution inline.

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Candidate profiles
Linda Farmer, full profileDamon Townsend, full profileOfficial Washington election office