BREMERTON — Kitsap County Republican Party Chairman Chris Tibbs became the first person to be re-elected to the position since 2002.

Party precinct committee officers voted Dec. 1 for Tibb’s return.

“It has been a great honor to serve as county chairman over the past two years, striving to make a difference and creating a vibrant political party,” said Tibbs. “While we have been extremely successful these past two years, we have many more elections to win.”

Under Tibbs’ leadership, Republican candidates had significant gains over the past two years, especially in the 2014 election.

In the 26th District, Sen. Jan Angel will return to the Senate for a full term, while two Republicans will fill the district’s House seats — Jesse Young and Michelle Caldier. In District 35, Republican Dan Griffey won a House seat as did Rep. Drew MacEwen.

In county election, Tina Robinson was elected prosecutor, Phil Cook won the assessor’s post, Greg Sandstrom was re-elected as coroner and Ed Wolfe won the District 3 commissioner’s seat.

Other part officers elected were: Brenda Petrick, vice chair; Tony Stephens, state committeeman; Heather George, state committeewoman; Juliana McMahan, secretary and Chris Stephens, treasurer.