Special district · Washington State
Bainbridge Island Metropolitan Park & Recreation D — Park & Recreation District, Kitsap County WA
Bainbridge Island Metropolitan Park & Recreation D is a park & recreation district in Kitsap county, Washington. It runs parks and recreation programs.
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About this district
It runs parks and recreation programs.
| Type | Park & Recreation District |
|---|---|
| County | Kitsap |
| Voting precincts | 23 |
| Official name | BAINBRIDGE ISLAND METROPOLITAN PARK & RECREATION D |
| State district code | PKR180001 |
Source WA Secretary of State district and precinct files · as of 2026-08-07 · district record
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Recent elections
Election records the state publishes for this district. Board members are elected in odd-numbered years.
| Year | Candidate | Votes | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | John T (Tom) Swolgaard | 8,033 | Won, unopposed |
| 2025 | Rachel Pritchett | 6,498 | Won |
| 2025 | Melissa Timme | 3,910 | — |
| 2023 | Tom Goodlin | 7,581 | Won |
| 2023 | Melissa Timme | 2,208 | — |
| 2021 | Ken Dewitt | 6,960 | Won, unopposed |
| 2021 | Jay Kinney | 6,855 | Won, unopposed |
| 2021 | Tom Goodlin | 5,851 | Won |
| 2021 | David Maron | 3,755 | — |
| 2019 | Dawn Janow | 7,085 | Won, unopposed |
| 2019 | John T. (Tom) Swolgaard | 5,045 | Won |
| 2019 | Rachel Pritchett | 4,334 | — |
4 of the 8 races on record here drew no opponent. An unopposed race still appears on the ballot and still has to be certified. It is ordinary for special districts rather than a sign of anything.
Source WA Secretary of State election results · as of 2026-08-07 · 8 races on record
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Other districts in Kitsap County
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Common questions
What is Bainbridge Island Metropolitan Park & Recreation D?
A park & recreation district in Kitsap county, Washington, governed by an elected board of commissioners or directors. It runs parks and recreation programs.
Who runs Bainbridge Island Metropolitan Park & Recreation D?
Recent elected officials include John T (Tom) Swolgaard, Rachel Pritchett, Tom Goodlin.
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What this page will not compute
Each of these is a number a reader might reasonably expect. None of them follow from the records we hold, so we do not publish them.
- What it levies, or spends
- Special districts set their own levies and budgets, and those filings are held by each county assessor rather than in any state-wide dataset. Nothing here is a financial figure.
- Who currently sits on the board
- We show election records where a district name matched one, which is 54% of them. A matched election tells you who won that race, not who holds the seat today — boards fill vacancies by appointment between elections, and those appointments are not published centrally.
- Where its boundary runs
- The register gives a precinct count, not a shape. Two districts of the same type in one county can be adjacent or nowhere near each other, and this page cannot tell you which.
Cite this page
This is public-records reporting. Use it, and say where it came from.
“Bainbridge Island Metropolitan Park & Recreation D — Park & Recreation District, Kitsap County WA,” WashingtonIndependents.org, data as of 2026-08-07, accessed 2026-08-09. https://washingtonindependents.org/district/kitsap-park-bainbridge-island-metropolitan-park-recreation-d/
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Where this page comes from
Every figure above is read from a primary source and rebuilt on a schedule. Nothing here is modelled or inferred; where a source is silent the page says so rather than filling the gap.
- WA Secretary of State — district and precinct files
- https://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/
- WA Secretary of State — election results
- https://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/results.aspx