Serving Franklin County, WA
Serving Franklin County, WA
Rep. McMorris Rodgers easily outdistances Hill
SPOKANE – Incumbent Congress-woman Cathy McMorris Rodgers easily defeated her 5th Congressional District challenger in the Nov. 8 general election.
As of press time, McMorris Rodgers, R-Spokane, had amassed 168,708 votes (59.25%). She led every county in the district.
Meanwhile, Democratic challenger Natasha Hill of Spokane was a distant second with 115,391 votes (40.52%).
The two were vying to be the representative of Washington's 5th Congressional District, which includes Asotin, Garfield, Columbia, Whitman, Spokane, Lincoln , Ferry, Pend Oreille, Stevens and portions of Franklin, Adams, Walla Walla and Spokane Counties.
Franklin County broke hardest for McMorris Rodgers with 2,270 votes (87.21%) compared to 333 votes (12.79%) for Hill.
McMorris Rodgers performed the worst in Whitman County, where she received 6,609 votes (56.25%), while Hill had 5,118 votes (43.56%).
In other returns, so far, by county:
• Adams – McMorris Rodgers, 1,704 votes (83.28%); Hill, 332 votes (16.23%)
• Asotin – McMorris Rodgers, 5,925 votes (67.09%); Hill, 2,885 votes (32.67%)
• Columbia – McMorris Rodgers, 1,649 votes (76.27%); Hill, 511 votes (23.64%)
• Ferry – McMorris Rodgers, 2,405 votes (71.71%); Hill, 938 votes (27.97%)
• Garfield – McMorris Rodgers, 1,027 votes (80.74%); Hill, 240 votes (18.87%)
• Lincoln – McMorris Rodgers, 4,631 votes (79.07%); Hill, 1,215 votes (20.74%)
• Pend Oreille – McMorris Rodgers, 4,744 votes (71.00%); Hill, 1,921 votes (28.75%)
• Spokane – McMorris Rodgers, 122,532 votes (56.27%); Hill, 94,697 votes (43.49%)
• Stevens – McMorris Rodgers, 8,034 votes (72.59%); Hill, 3,009 votes (27.19%)
• Walla Walla – McMorris Rodgers, 7,178 (63.04%); Hill, 4,192 (36.82%).
The official election results will be certified Nov. 29.
Roger Harnack is the co-owner/publisher of Free Press Publishing. Having grown up Benton City, Roger is an award-winning journalist, photographer, editor and publisher. He's one of only two editorial/commentary writers from Washington state to ever receive the international Golden Quill. Roger is dedicated to the preservation of local media, and the voice it retains for Eastern Washington.
Reader Comments(0)