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Voters will see federal, state and legislative races on ballots
Mary Dye
Joe Schmick
DAVENPORT – Races for Sheriff, Treasurer and County Commissioner have generated the vast majority of local interest, but impactful statewide, legislative and congressional races will appear on Lincoln County ballots this election season.
Voters will see races for United States Senator, 5th Congressional District Representative, Secretary of State and State Representative on their ballots.
For the first time since the 2021 redistricting process, Lincoln County voters will elect their state representatives as part of the Ninth Legislative District. This year won't have many choices, as both Republican Mary Dye of Pomeroy and GOP Joe Schmick of Colfax are running unopposed.
Dye was first elected in 2015, while Schmick has been in the House of Representatives since 2007.
A whopping 17 candidates seek to unseat incumbent Democrat Patty Murray of Seattle in the race for U.S. Senator. Murray is the favorite to retain the seat in a blue-leaning state, having won re-election in every cycle since 1992.
Three of Murray's candidates are listed as traditional Republicans, including John Guenther of Spokane, Tiffany Smiley of Richland and Bill Hirt of Bellevue.
Five candidates aside from Murray are Democrats, including Mohammad Hassan Said of Ephrata, Pano Churchill of Seattle, Sam Cusmir of Kent, Bryan Solstin of Seattle and Ravin Pierre of Seattle.
Four candidates are listed as independents, including Jon Butler of Tonasket, Chuck Jackson of Anacortes, Thor Amundson of Olympia and Naz Paul of Kirkland.
Other candidates on the ballot for Senator include Socialist Worker Henry Clay Dennison of Seattle, Dan Phan Doan of Seattle who listed no party preference, JFK Republican Dave Saulibio of Spokane, Martin D. Hash of Vancouver who listed no party preference and Trump Republican Leon Lawson of Shelton.
Three candidates hope to unseat longtime Republican Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers, who has held the U.S. Representative seat in the 5th Congressional District since 2004.
Rodgers will be challenged by Democrat Natasha Hill of Spokane, Republican Sean Clynch of Four Lakes and Democrat Ann Marie Danimus of Spokane.
Incumbent Democrat Steve Hobbs of Lake Stevens will face seven challengers in his race for re-election in the Secretary of State office.
Three Republicans are vying for the job, including Bob Hagglund of Lake Stevens, Keith Wagoner of Bonney Lake and Mark Miloscia of Federal Way.
Democrat Marquez Tiggs of Seattle is also running for Secretary of State.
Other candidates for Secretary of State include Union Party member Kurtis Engle of Lacey, America First Party member Tamborine Borrelli of Yelm and nonpartisan Julie Anderson of Tacoma.
The top two vote getters in each race in the Aug. 2 primary will advance to the November general election for a midterm cycle generating the most national interest of any election since the 2020 presidential election.
Ballots for the primary election, were mailed Wednesday, Aug. 13 to over 8,000 Lincoln County voters. Ballots must be postmarked by 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 2.
Drew Lawson is the editor of the Davenport Times. He is a graduate of Eastern Washington University.
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