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In a specially crucial election, political activists have worked to translate the county voter guide into Spanish and combat disenfranchisement.

Some residents of agricultural towns like Othello, which is 77% Latino, worry about workforce reduction and family separation as the election nears.

Currently, Democrat Dave Upthegrove and Republican Sue Kuehl Pederson are neck and neck for second place behind Jaime Herrera Beutler.

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.