Since at least 2008, no Democratic legislative candidates in the 12th District have broken 40% in a primary or the general – and in some years no Democrats were on the ballot at all.
This year, two Democrats got 44% and 43% in their primaries. Most folks who were active in the politics of the old 12th District can’t remember a time when a Democratic candidate was considered a serious contender for a legislative seat in either chamber.
Douglas and Okanogan counties became a part of the 7th District, which now stretches all the way to the Canadian border in the North and the Idaho state line to the East.
