Election 2024 Politics Republicans hold top two spots in WA lands commissioner race. Will it last?

Democrats are at risk of getting boxed out of the general election in the Washington state lands commissioner race.

Two Republicans – former congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler and retired utility analyst Sue Kuehl Pederson – led following Tuesday’s first tally of ballots. Herrera Beutler garnered 22.6% of the vote. Pederson, who ran for the office in 2020, was next with 20.3%.

Meanwhile, five Democrats were splitting the rest of the vote.

Dave Upthegrove, a King County Council member and former state lawmaker, was out front among the party’s contenders with 19.9%. Patrick DePoe, who since last year has been the Department of Natural Resources director of tribal relations and has the endorsement of current lands commissioner Hilary Franz, had 13.2%.

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Next batch of votes to be counted by this afternoon.