![]() ![]() On transportation, both pledge to fight for money to widen a deadly two-lane stretch of Highway 522, replace the U.S. Low, meanwhile, has opposed raising the county’s portion of property tax by the state-allowed 1 percent. Had it passed, it would have saved taxpayers roughly $1.6 billion between July 1 and June 30, 2023. Sutherland has authored a bill to slash the state’s property tax in each of the past two sessions. For the most part, their approaches on each were too. They were the same: property taxes, transportation and public safety. “In the end they want someone who will speak the truth and offer real, common sense solutions to the problems that affect them.”Īt a recent League of Women Voters forum, Sutherland and Low were asked to name their top three priorities. “With two Republicans in the race, voting Democrats will scrutinize both of us very carefully,” Sutherland said after the primary. That message is effective leadership,” he said. “I feel I have a message that appeals to everyone in the district. Low said he wouldn’t adjust his strategy. 8 election, corralling support from Democrats and independents will be requisite to win. Meanwhile, with Sutherland and Low expected to again split Republican votes in the Nov. Those two collected a combined 40% of the overall vote, splitting left-leaning voters. Low might not have advanced had there not been two Democrats - Claus Joens and Karl de Jong - in the race. Low finished second with 27.1%, roughly 2,300 votes behind. ![]() Sutherland won the August primary with 33.2%. “We have a top-two primary system and so having two Republicans to choose from in a traditionally Republican 39th District seems like a great choice for the voters,” Low said in January. Low said he decided to take on his party’s incumbent to give voters a choice. “We need more effective leadership in Olympia,” he said. But Low hasn’t returned fire publicly, staying on message, while leaving little doubt what he thinks of the incumbent’s tenure. Precinct officers endorsed Sutherland and reportedly wanted Low to withdraw. They view him as an establishment Republican seeking to oust a conservative. Meanwhile, some Republicans in the 39th district rebuked Low for running. And Low has never publicly said if he voted for Trump in either 2016 or 2020. Low said President Joe Biden won “fair and square.” But he also said “there’s always fraud out there,” though he had not seen evidence that Trump won the election. He has done his best to steer around the subject of the 2020 presidential election. Low also missed the 2021 meeting when a similar resolution passed. In May, he was absent when the County Council passed a resolution recognizing June as Pride Month and proclaiming “LGBTQIA+ rights are human rights.” He later declined to say how he would have voted. If he wins the House seat, he intends to keep serving on the County Council, arguing there’s a synergy to the work, and neither is full-time. it’s about who is going to best represent the district.” “I’ve got a good, balanced track record,” he said. ![]()
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