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Tanya Woo, Alexis Mercedes Rinck, Saunatina Sanchez and Tariq Yusuf are vying to finish the final 13 months of the citywide Position 8 term.

Under the new map, the Latino-majority district unites Latino communities from East Yakima in Yakima County to Pasco in Franklin County.

Only seven of 21 school bonds statewide got supermajority votes, but 91% of school operations levies, which require only a simple majority, passed.

A group of advocates sued the state for dividing Latino voters between Pasco and Yakima. Now the court will draw a line before the fall elections.

Brown has a nearly 2,800-vote lead over incumbent Nadine Woodward, with just under 8,000 ballots left to count.

Both women like dogs, but don’t agree on much more. A Sept. 28 debate exposed rifts on homelessness, state assistance and public safety.

Instead of passing the task to a federal court, they are advocating for the Washington State Redistricting Commission to reconvene.

Democratic lawmakers said they chose not to reconvene the bipartisan Washington State Redistricting Commission after a judicial ruling for a new map.

The Legislature can either regroup the redistricting commission — an unprecedented move that some say is unlikely — or pass the task to a federal court.

This case is the latest in a series of state and federal lawsuits seeking to address Latino voter dilution in Central Washington.

The new law, which has already been applied to a case in Yakima, expands voter protections — but not without criticism.