With the redistricting, we are now part of LD14. Apparently there was much gnashing of teeth over the drawing of these two districts, pushing negotiations to within 2 hours of the deadline.
We were previously in the 15th, which has been redrawn into the first majority minority LD in the state, and is now 55 percent Latino. The 14th was formerly a small district centered on the City of Yakima and including the Upper Valley, but now it includes all of Klickitat and Skamania, much of Yakima County, and a small rectange of eastern Clark County.
Incumbent legislators were protected. We are now represented by Rep. Norm Johnson, R-Yakima, Rep. Charles Ross, R-Naches, and Sen. Curtis King, R-Yakima. All three are up for reelection and will have LOTS of territory to cover.
http://www.columbian.com/news/2012/jan/02/redrawn-maps-alone-wont-change-clark-county-politi/
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