Candidates for judge, state representative give views at PLWV forum Wednesday

Will DeMarco, Gazette Reporter | Jul 26, 20180

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District 9 Representative incumbents and challengers, from left, Mary Dye, Jenn Goulet, Joe Schmick and Matthew Sutherland address the crowd at a candidate forum.

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Candidates running for District 9 State Representative and Whitman County District Court Judge set forth their views and fielded audience questions at the League of Women Voters of Pullman forum at Neill Public Library July 18.

Education was an important topic among all candidates. Each offered their own approaches for improving the well-being of Washington's teachers and schools.

Incumbent state representative Joe Schmick of Colfax stressed the importance of improving special education programs across the state. Furthermore, Schmick offered up the idea of making public school budgets freely a...