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Matter of Opinion

Aug. 19 primary endorsements

Washington voters, look for your ballots sometime toward the end of the week. The editorial board will make recommendations in 12 races that we believe warranted comment in the primary.

Here is the list of endorsements so far:

State Legislative races:

-- State House of Representatives, 3rd District, Position 1: John Waite.

-- State House of Representatives, 4th District, position 2: Diana Wilhite.

-- State House of Representatives, 6th District, position 1: Kevin Parker.

-- State House of Representatives, 7th District, position 1: Sue Lani Madsen.

-- State House of Representatives, 9th District, position 2: Joe Schmick.

Court races:
-- Spokane County Superior Court, Position 10:Linda Tompkins.

-- Spokane County Superior Court seat, Position 1:Annette Plese.

-- Court of Appeals, Division III: Kevin Korsmo.

-- Supreme Court, Position 4: Charles Johnson.

-- Supreme Court, Position 3: Mary Fairhurst.

State races:
-- Superintendent of Public Instruction: Terry Bergeson.

-- State Treasurer: Allan Martin.



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