By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – Final results show defense attorney Jonathan Meyer beat incumbent Lewis County Prosecutor Michael Golden in the Nov. 2 election with 67 percent of the vote.
Golden, who won the office four years ago, had very little to say about the outcome.
Michael Golden
“I think that people’s votes were clear, come Jan. 1, they’ll have a new prosecutor in the county, and hopefully things will work out well for the county,” Golden said yesterday after the election was certified.
Following the August primary, the Chehalis-area Republican attributed his poor showing against the challenger as the public not knowing much about the race until just before the ballots came out.
It’s a reversal from 2006 when initial tallies in the race for prosecutor gave then-Lewis County Prosecutor’s Office civil attorney Golden an overwhelming lead with almost 64 percent over Centralia attorney Don Blair.
Meyer won this year’s August primary election with almost 65 percent of the vote and then preliminary counts on Nov. 2’s election night gave Meyer just over 66 percent.
Golden declined to speculate on what may have caused his overwhelming loss.
“I think the people you need to ask are the voters, come Jan. 1, my personal life will be my personal life again.”
He didn’t say what he expected he would be doing after he leaves office.
Golden did suggest he’ll be in his office throughout the end of the year to make sure “things will be in shape” for Jan. 1.
The final tally gave Meyer 67.06 percent with 18,333 votes and Golden 32.94 percent with 9,005 votes.
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See all the final election results here
Read election night news story “Election: New prosecutor Meyer is “humbled” he says” from Tuesday Nov. 2, 2010 here
Read pre-general election story about the race for prosecutor from Saturday Oct. 30, 2010 here
Read pre-primary story about the race for prosecutor from Sunday Aug. 15, 2010 here
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