Centralia

The standout precincts are surprisingly not concentrated near the freeway.

Only one district, Centralia's District 12, is in the top four at 82% of its 2022 total already.

The others are over in the east side, where Big Bottom, which is the area around Packwood, is at 74% of 2022 turnout, and Packwood Proper at 70%, and Salcom at 74%.

The slowest returning precincts are in Chehalis, where we're only seeing about 50% of their 2022 turnout so far, and then Agate and Salzer, which are just east of Centralia, are also in the bottom.

All of this could change, of course, with late return ballots.

If past midterm elections are any measure, we still have about 40% of ballots to be turned in after this weekend, so a lot can still happen.

Forks at Onalaska.

Napavine versus Toledo at Centralia's Tiger Stadium.

Any predictions on those games?

I mean, correct me if I'm wrong, I think all of us would lean on Anani in the first two.

Tyler Clark, a sophomore, was their best runner, third place in 1651.

And then three other individuals will be in Pasco next week.

Centralia's Ethan Ware, WFS Connor Clary, and Black Hills' Seth Thomason, all first-time state qualifiers.

And the 1A boys, Tenino qualified for state as a team.

They are currently planning to close that plant down.

It is a plant near Centralia, Washington.

It is the only remaining coal-fired power plant in the Pacific Northwest.

They've managed to kill all the other ones, one at Boardman, one of the plants at Centralia.

And now the company that owns the TransAlta is the company.

I've got no financial ties to TransAlta at all.

But if you want to make that argument, we're glad to put you in as a naysayer at 866-439-5277.

Send your emails to talk at LarsLarson.com. Now, the Washington State Standard had a great story today.

Yeah, probably about half of the territory was in Washington.

There was some really good towns, Chehalis, Centralia.

We make a note that whenever the world champion comes into town for four or five days, Centralia was usually one of the towns that got to see the world's champion.

And would those be run on Mondays and Wednesdays then?

Yeah, usually a Wednesday, if I remember right, for those towns.

Within that hole, we find the precincts with the highest mail ballot returns this month, with Randall currently at 55%, and Big Bottom, which is the area surrounding Packwood, at 57%.

Meanwhile, in Centralia and Chehalis, only 5% of ballots have been returned by mail so far.

You can see the huge disparity this creates for rural voters.

And once I get that file back from the state, I assume it will show that most of the rejected late mail-in ballots were from areas like Randall.

And people will mix them up.

Like the name Chehalis and Centralia.

Yeah, I get those mixed up.

Those names are different enough, even though they both start with a C and an, oh, just a C. I was not very good in school, you have to know.

I'm talking to Washington State Senate Republican Leader John Braun.

He represents Centralia, but he'd be representing the 3rd Congressional District when he replaces Marie Perez, which I think he should do after the November election is over.

So, John, what are the other big issues that you're going to be hitting voters with in the closing days of this campaign?

Yeah, I mean, my part of the top issue for voters is affordability.