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While I didn't receive the Yakima Herald-Republic's endorsement, I appreciate their thoughtfulness:

Good evening, my name is Susan Soto Palmer and I am a candidate for Yakima

Good evening, and welcome to all of our viewers on KIMA Actions News's You Channel, sorry YouTube channel, can even speak tonight, and to the seventh of our 2024 election candidate debates and I'm John Kennedy O'Connor and I'll be the moderator for all of our nine debates that we have scheduled and tonight the candidates for Yakima Commissioner, District 2 have been invited to answer your questions on the topics that matter to you ahead of you casting your vote.

The Yakima Herald-Republic discussed local issues with Kyle Curtis and Susan Soto Palmer, two candidates running for Yakima County’s District 2, which includes much of the city of Yakima.

We want better. We want everybody to thrive. We can't get there if some of us are fighting just to be recognized. We need an opportunity to elect candidates of our choice in a fair and equitable manner and we've got to keep using our power so that we can make changes that will benefit all of us.

A federal judge has sided with a group of Yakima Valley Latinos and ordered the state to redraw the boundaries of the 15th Legislative District in Central Washington.