Today the Washington State Republican Party (WAGOP) filed a lawsuit in Clark County Superior Court disputing the current 2024 Legislative District 18 State Senator race. The case is Matthew Frohlich and Washington State Republican Party Plaintiffs, V Clark County and Greg Kimsey, in his official Capacity as the Clark County Auditor, Defendants.
In the race, Republican candidate Brad Benton is down by only 172 votes with 84,123 total votes cast. Benton has 41,881 (49.79%) votes and his Democrat challenger Adrian Cortes has 42,053 (49.99%) votes.
The WAGOP, and their attorney Ard Law Group, are disputing the results and are asking for a new election. They are saying over 1,000 votes counted in the race were from voters who did not reside in the district.
Apparently over 1,000 registered voters had previously contacted the United States Postal Sevice (USPS) and moved out of LD 18 prior to ballots being mailed out for the November 5, 2024 general election
WAGOP State Chairman Jim Walsh said on Twitter, “what the heck are those people doing voting, and more important, why aren’t election officials in Washington State doing their duty and updating their databases so that people that moved away aren’t voting in their areas?”
Washington's 18th legislative district is one of forty-nine districts in Washington state for representation in the state legislature. LD 18 is located within Clark County, bordering the 20th district in the North, and the 49th and 17th districts in the Southwest and East.
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