August 4 Primary Ballots to be mailed this week

DAYTON–Ballots for the August 4 Washington State Primary Election will be mailed this week, according to the Columbia County Auditor, Anne Higgins.

The vote will decide local races for Superior Court (Columbia, Garfield and Asotin) Judge Position 1 and 16th District State Senate as well as cull a long list of candidates for governor, lieutenant governor and a number of other statewide positions. The top two vote getters will advance to the General Election following the August 4 Primary Election.

Seeking the nonpartisan Snake River Circuit judge position, which covers Superior Courts in Columbia, Garfield and Asotin counties, are G. Scott Marinella of Dayton, Brooke J. Burns of Clarkston and R. Victor Bottomly, also of Clarkston.

District 2 County Commissioner Mike Talbott and challenger Marty Hall, a Tucannon-area agricultural producer, will be on ballots in affected precincts. Both Talbott and Hall prefer the Republican Party. Columbia County Commissioner Ryan Rundell (R) is unopposed on the ballot for re-election to Commissioner Position No. 1.

Seeking retiring Senator Maureen Walsh’s 16th District Senate position are Perry Dozier of Waitsburg, Danielle Garbe Reser of Walla Walla, and 16th District Representative William “Bill” Jenkin of Prosser. Dozier and Jenkin favor the Republican Party and Garbe Reser favors the Democratic Party.

16th District House of Representative seats have two candidates vying for office. Representative Position 1, vacated by Rep. Jenkin as he seeks the Senate post, has Frances Chvatal (prefers Democratic Party) of Walla Walla, and Mark Klicker (prefers Republican Party) of Walla Walla, on the ballot.

State Representative Position 2, held by Rep. Skyler Rude, (R-16-Walla Walla), is being challenged for a second two-year term by Carly Coburn (prefers Democratic Party) of Pasco.

U.S. Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-5) faces four challengers: two Democrats, Chris Armitage and Dave Wilson, two Republicans, Stephen T. Major and Rob Chase, and one independent, Brendan O’Regant.

Washington Governor

Jay Inslee (Incumbent) (Democratic Party); Cairo D’Almeida (Democratic Party); Gene Hart (Democratic Party); Don Rivers (Democratic Party); Omari Tahir-Garrett (Democratic Party); Richard Carpenter (Republican Party); Loren Culp (Republican Party); Tim Eyman (Republican Party); Phil Fortunato (Republican Party); Joshua Freed (Republican Party); Raul Garcia (Republican Party); Ian Gonzales (Republican Party); Tylor Grow (Republican Party); Bill Hirt (Republican Party); Matthew Murray (Republican Party); Martin Wheeler (Republican Party); William Miller (American Patriot Party); David Voltz (Cascadia Labour Party); David Blomstrom (Fifth Republic Party); Liz Hallock (Green Party); Joshua Wolf (New Liberty Party); Nate Herzog (Pre-2016 Republican Party); Winston Wilkes (Propertarianist Party); Henry Dennison (Socialist Workers Party); Alex Tsimerman (StandupAmerica Party); GoodSpaceGuy (Trump Republican Party); Leon Lawson (Trump Republican Party); Anton Sakharov (Trump Republican Party); Craig Campbell (Unaffiliated); Cregan Newhouse (Unaffiliated); Ryan Ryals (Unaffiliated); Cameron Vessey (Unaffiliated); Brian Weed (Unaffiliated); Thor Amundson (Independent); Elaina Gonzalez (Independent); Dylan Nails (Independent).

Lt. Governor

Denny Heck (Democratic Party); Michelle Jasmer (Democratic Party); Marko Liias (Democratic Party); James Rafferty (Democratic Party); Joseph Brumbles (Republican Party); Marty McClendon (Republican Party); Dick Muri (Republican Party); Bill Penor (Republican Party); Ann Davison Sattler (Republican Party); Jared Frerichs (Libertarian Party); Matt Seymour (Libertarian Party).

Secretary of State

Kim Wyman (Incumbent) (Republican Party); Gael Tarleton (Democratic Party); Gentry Lange (Progressive Party of Washington State); Ed Minger (Independent).

State Treasurer

Duane A. Davidson (incumbent) (Republican Party); Mike Pellicciotti (Democratic Party).

State Auditor

Joshau Casey (Democratic Party); Chris Leyba (Republican Party); Pat (Patrice) McCarthy (Democratic Party)

Attorney General

Matt Larkin (Republican Party); Mike Vaska (GOP Party); Brett Rogers (Republican Party); Bob Ferguson (Democratic Party)

Commissioner of Public Lands

Cameron Whitney (Republican Party); Steve Sharon (Republican Party) Hilary Franz (Democratic Party); Kelsey Reves (Libertarian Party); Maryam Abasbarzy (Republican Party); Sue Kuehl Pederson (Republican Party); Frank Wallbrown (Democratic Party)

Superintendent of Public Instruction

Ron Higgins; Maia Espinoza; Stan Lippmann; David Spring; Dennis Wick; Chris Reykdal

Insurance Commissioner

Anthony Welti (Blibertarian Party); Chirayu Avinsh Ratel (Republican Party); Mike Kreidler (Demcratic Party)