It’s a tight race for first or second for Dave Upthegrove, a King County Council member whose District 5 includes part of Kent, for state Commissioner of Public Lands<\/p>\n
Upthegrove, a Des Moines Democrat, sits in third place with 19.85% of the vote, according to results released Tuesday, Aug. 6 by the state Secretary of State. Republican Jaime Herrera Beutler leads with 22.64% followed by Republican Sue Kuehl Pederson with 20.26%. Democrat Patrick DePoe is in fourth place with 13.22% of the vote.<\/p>\n
The two candidates with the most votes on the Aug. 6 ballot will move on to the Nov. 5 general election. Ballots will continue to be counted over the next couple of weeks until the Secretary of State certifies the results Aug. 23.<\/p>\n
Upthegrove, who has represented District 5 on the King County Council since 2014, was one of seven candidates on the ballot.<\/p>\n
Herrera Beutler, a former U.S. representative, lost her 3rd District Congressional seat in 2022. Kuehl Pederson lost to current lands commissioner Hillary Franz in 2020.<\/p>\n
The winner in November will replace Franz, a Democrat, who is running for Congress.<\/p>\n
The lands commissioner leads the state’s wildfire fighting force and manages nearly 6 million acres of public lands – from coastal waters and aquatic reserves, to working forests and farms, commercial developments and recreation areas.<\/p>\n
Upthegrove ran unsuccessfully for lands commissioner in 2016. He placed third in the primary election behind Republican Steve McLaughlin and Franz. Franz won the general election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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