Special district · Washington State
Thornton Cemetery District – 5 — Cemetery District, Whitman County WA
Thornton Cemetery District – 5 is a cemetery district in Whitman county, Washington. It maintains public cemeteries.
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About this district
It maintains public cemeteries.
| Type | Cemetery District |
|---|---|
| County | Whitman |
| Voting precincts | 2 |
| Official name | THORNTON CEMETERY DISTRICT – 5 |
| State district code | CEM380007 |
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 | Joanne Henning Tedesco | 44 | Won, unopposed |
| 2025 | Bill Maley | 43 | Won, unopposed |
| 2023 | Shirley Meserve | 29 | Won, unopposed |
| 2021 | Christine Henning | 35 | Won, unopposed |
| 2019 | Bill Maley | 31 | Won, unopposed |
7 of the 7 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 · 7 races on record
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Other districts in Whitman County
See every special district in Whitman County — fire, school, water, port, hospital, cemetery and park districts, and which of them share a number.
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Common questions
What is Thornton Cemetery District – 5?
A cemetery district in Whitman county, Washington, governed by an elected board of commissioners or directors. It maintains public cemeteries.
Who runs Thornton Cemetery District – 5?
Recent elected officials include Joanne Henning Tedesco, Bill Maley, Shirley Meserve.
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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 None of them follow from the records we hold, so we do not publish them.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.
“Thornton Cemetery District – 5 — Cemetery District, Whitman County WA,” WashingtonIndependents.org, data as of 2026-08-07, accessed 2026-08-08. https://washingtonindependents.org/district/whitman-cemetery-thornton-cemetery-district-5/
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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