Handy widens lead

WHITMAN COUNTY--Tom Handy, the challenger for the Whitman County Commissioner District 2 seat, widened his lead over incumbent Dean Kinzer in the subsequent ballot count.

The county elections office added 1,802 ballots to the election night count, bringing the total rate of return to 31.18% with 6,946 so far. The extra ballots gave Handy 162 more votes and Kinzer 155. The two are now at 653 and 615, respectively, of the 2,534 votes cast in that race.

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