Your 2026 primary ballot is about to arrive, and the Skamania County Chamber and both county parties put the contested candidates on one stage in Stevenson to preview it. In this special edition we walk the whole ballot: the nine-way race for Congress in District 3, both 17th District statehouse seats, and the county races for Commissioner, Assessor, and Clerk. Then we follow the money, and it tells a story of two very different elections stacked on one ballot.

In This Episode

• Congressional District 3: a top-two field of nine, and the two themes that dominated (election rules and timber)
• 17th Legislative District: how redistricting reshaped it, plus the mail-in voting split and the state capital gains "millionaire tax"
• County Commissioner District 3: both candidates reject the automatic 1% levy
• County Assessor: a real fight over how your property gets valued
• County Clerk: the friendly race
• Follow the Money: $80,000 statehouse races on top of $0 county races
• Every date you need for the August 4 primary

Resources & Links

• Read the full written edition at SkamaniaDispatch.com
• Check your registration and see your ballot: voter.votewa.gov
• Official state voters' guide (candidate statements): voter.votewa.gov
• Campaign finance filings: Washington Public Disclosure Commission, pdc.wa.gov
• Skamania County candidate Q&A: skamania.org

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