Serving Franklin County, WA
Serving Franklin County, WA
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PASCO – Franklin County voters are backing President Donald J. Trump tonight in his re-election bid. A preliminary tally shortly after 8 p.m. showed 56.92% of local voters were supporting President Trump and his running mate, Vice President Mike Pence. The same tally showed Democrat challenger Joe Biden and running mate Sen. Kamala Harris a distant second with 40.23% of the vote. But they weren't the only ones in the field vying to lead the U.S. for the next four years. Libertarian Jo Jorgensen and running mate Jeremy C...
PASCO — Embattle Franklin County Commissioner Lowell "Brad" Peck appears to have survived a challenge from a Democrat and from within his own Republican party. Preliminary results from tonight's general election show Peck leading Democrat Kim Lehrman and write-in Republican Steve Bauman in the District No. 1 race. Peck had an initial tally of 11,897 votes to Lehrman's 10,317 and write-ins totalling 4,391. The Republican party backed Bauman after Peck backed out of Franklin County Commission vote to reopen the state amid t...
OLYMPIA – Despite a parental uprising over an “inclusive” sexual education mandate, Referendum 90 was passings statewide after an initial election night tally Nov 3. Approval of R-90 reaffirms a law passed by Democrats in Olympia last spring that requires all public schools to start teaching a sexual education curriculum, including mandatory alternative lifestyle intimacy, in all public schools starting with kindergarten. The initial count showed the measure had 1,916,159 supporting votes statewide, or 59.38%, as of press...
They may be on a bucking horse in Montana, or riding bulls in Colorado or parking their gear bag behind the chutes at practice pens near Reardan. They are sometimes smaller than their fellow riders and can easily be spotted by their long hair and narrow shoulders. They are spunky, brave and stubborn. These are the women of roughstock. In rodeo, roughstock, or the events featuring bucking horses and bulls, are usually considered men's events. But a new generation of cowgirls is...
SPOKANE VALLEY — Liberty state supporters have a new champion in Olympia following yesterday's general election. Republican Rob Chase of Spokane Valley will be filling the 4th Legislative District seat being vacated by Rep. Matt Shea. As of the end of ballot counting Nov. 3, Chase had 61% of the vote to Democrat Lance Gurel's 39%, according to the Spokane County Election Office. Chase is a former Spokane County treasurer and was backed by Rep. Shea. Liberty state is the most current iteration in Eastern Washington's c...
COLFAX — Incumbents Sen. Mark G. Schoesler and Rep. Mary Dye are leading the races for 9th Legislative District positions. Schoesler, R-Ritzville, is running unopposed after Democratic candidate Jenn Goulet dropped out of the race. Scheosler received 7,805 votes in the first count, and Goulet 6,077 votes. Dye of Pomeroy, the Position No. 1 lawmaker, is running against Libertarian Brett Borden. Dye leads with 8,824 votes; Borden trails with 4,071 votes after the first count. Meanwhile in the Position No. 2 race in the same d...
PASCO — Republican political newcomer Rocky Mullen is well on his way to being a Franklin County commissioner. After Tuesday night's initial tally of ballots, Mullen had a comfortable 16,364-10,657 vote lead over Democrat Ana Ruiz Peralta. Mullen had 60.48% of the vote to Peralta's 39.38% of the 27,059 ballots counted, so far. The winner of the race will replace Robert "Bob" Koch, who did not seek re-election, and join Commissioner Clint Didier on the county's governing board. The county mailed out 41,902 ballots to r...
SPOKANE — Eastern Washington’s two incumbent Republican congressional representatives were leading by large margins following the initial general election tally Tuesday night. Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Spokane and Dan Newhouse of Sunnyside had comfortable leads in their districts at press time. In the race for the 5th Congressional District, McMorris Rodgers was leading Democrat challenger Dave Wilson, 195,907 votes to 133,419 (59.4% to 40.4%). Due to technical issues, Whitman County has yet to report; the county is...