Yakima County Commissioner Ron Gamache has lost a bid for a third term after being bested by two challengers in a crowded race. Having garnered 40 percent of the votes counted Tuesday night, 48-year-old Kevin Bouchey, a third-generation Toppenish farmer,...
Ybarra, Johnson come out as top two in 14th District - Democrat Vickie Ybarra and Republican Norm Johnson emerged Tuesday from a crowded field of candidates vying for the state House seat soon to be vacated by veteran Republican lawmaker Mary Skinner. They will advance to the Nov. 4 general election, setting...
Hastings garners 61 percent of vote in House race - Incumbent U.S. Rep. Doc Hastings, R-Pasco, and his Democratic challenger George Fearing will advance to the general election, having drawn more votes than fringe Republican Gordon Allen Pross. Hastings finished first with 54,712 votes, or about 61 percent...
Elofson wins seat on Superior Court - In a contested judicial race that never got personal, Yakima attorney David Elofson defeated fellow litigator Rob Lawrence-Berrey Tuesday for a seat on the Yakima County Superior Court bench. With 28 percent of the possible ballots counted, Elofson had 12...
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