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Election news and commentary by Charlie Bermant The retirement announcement by six-term Democratic Congressman Derek Kilmer last November triggered a scramble to represent Washington State’s 6th Congressional District, which has a population of 773,605 (32,977 in Jefferson County) and includes the entirety of Jefferson, Clallam, Kitsap, Mason,
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="2000"] Aislinn Palmer’s recent LinkedIn profile picture. [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] Election news and commentary by Charlie Bermant Port Townsend City Council member Aislinn Palmer announced her resignation at Monday night’s business meeting, It will take effect on
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Election news and commentary by Charlie Bermant [caption id align="alignnone" width="2000"] Forks resident Hickory Grant is is challenging District 2 State Representative Steve Tharinger (courtesy photo). [/caption] There were a few surprises during last week’s candidate filing period, with unopposed candidates gaining competition
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Election news and commentary by Charlie Bermant Correction: An earlier version of this stated, “County commissioners in Districts 1 and 2 are paid $93,847 per year, while District 3 earns $103,169.” We have added, “All three districts will receive the higher amount after this year's election.
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Election news and commentary by Charlie Bermant [caption id align="alignnone" width="1633"] Republican gubernatorial candidate Semi Bird, during a Port Townsend appearance on May 4. Beacon photo by Charlie Bermant [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] Jefferson County Republicans had a big day on Saturday, May
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By Derek Firenze Two of the top three funded candidates for Washington State Public Lands Commissioner are taking money from timber companies, the very people they’d be tasked with regulating. Dave Upthegrove isn’t one of them. He is, however, the most funded candidate currently running in that race.