Upthegrove advances after recount

Margin between candidates was tighter

OLYMPIA - Democrat Dave Upthegrove will advance to the Nov. 5 general election following a certified recount in the primary race to become the next state lands commissioner.

He will face Jaime Herrera Beutler, who "prefers Republican," but has been censured by Republican committees for her vote to impeach President Donald J. Trump when she was a congresswoman.

The recount was ordered because of the narrow margin between Upthegrove and third-place finisher Sue Kuehl Pederson, who finished third in the primary and won't advance to the general election. Only the Top 2 candidates advance.

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