Posted: Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Voters in southeast Washington appear to have rejected the last
rural Democratic state lawmaker east of the Cascades.
Correspondent Anna King explains.
There are only a handful of democratic lawmakers in Eastern
Washington. All but one call Spokane home. Democrat Laura Grant
ran in Washington’s 16th District which includes Walla Walla and
Pasco. She campaigned to replace her late father, Bill Grant, who
held the seat for 22 years. But the younger Grant couldn’t overcome
the challenge Tuesday from Republican Terry Nealey. He won nearly
58 percent. Voters appear to have been won over by Nealey’s
promise to bring more conservative fiscal values to Olympia.
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