Candidate filing update: Hailey Roemer, Pullman

Gazette intern reporter

Hailey Roemer declared her candidacy for the local Washington State Representative seat on May 19, three days after incumbent Rep. Mary Dye, Republican of Pomeroy and Jennifer Goulet, Pasco Democrat, filed for the seat. Roemer graduated this year from Washington State University.

Roemer said she is running to be an effective voice in the legislature and to defend the people and the interests of District 9.

“People of our district are often overlooked by the politicians in Olympia, and as a result, our schools and highways go unfunded,” said Roemer in a statement to the...