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Elections results indicate Spokane Valley government may be shifting to center
Tim Hattenburg is known as a Democrat. He even ran as one in two elections.
That party affiliation, he said, used to be the “kiss of death” in Spokane Valley, a longtime conservative stronghold.
But not anymore.
With most votes in as of Friday, it looks as though Hattenburg will join the Spokane Valley City Council at the start of the new year.
His apparent victory, plus the union-backed Brandi Peetz clinging to a narrow lead over the Matt Shea-endorsed Michelle Rasmussen in another Spokane Valley council race, signals the city’s politics could be trending toward the center – or maybe a bit left of there.
Read more: https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/nov/10/elections-results-indicate-spokane-valley-governme/
(Spokane Spokesman-Review)
