Dent, Castaneda-Diaz advance to general

13th district rep. seat narrows to two

By Jamie Henneman

The Times

Voters in Lincoln County had their candidate lineup choices simplified tonight, as the Washington State 13th legislative district seat narrowed to two candidates in what was a race of three.

Current legislative representative Tom Dent (R) and contender Eduardo Castaneda-Diaz (D) will be vying for voters this fall to represent the district that covers Lincoln, Grant and Yakima Counties. Third candidate John “the man” Malan pulled only 2 percent of the vote as of election night. Dent received over 80 percent of the vote, with Castaneda-Diaz pulled 13 percent of voters in the Tues. night initial count.

The offices open in Lincoln County either had only two candidates or a single candidate running unopposed. For more details, read this week’s edition of the Davenport Times.