Write-In Candidate To Run Against Johnson

A Yakima attorney who ran against Washington 14th District Representative Norm Johnson as a Democrat four years ago is now making a write-in bid against him as a conservative Republican in next week’s primary.  53-year-old Michael “Scott” Brumback claims Johnson and other “establishment” Republicans no longer see themselves as public servants, and he is upset that Johnson and Senator Curtis King endorsed Gina McCabe in the other 14th District  House race instead of Adam Yoest.  Brumback told the Yakima Herald-Republic he ran as a Democrat in 2010 because he identifies with blue collar workers in that party’s labor base, but his socially conservative politics led Democratic leaders to refuse to endorse his candidacy.  To get on the general election ballot, Brumback must receive at least one percent of the vote and finish in the top two.  Johnson was previously unopposed in seeking a fourth term.

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