Joe Pakootas hosts Cheney town hall

Campaign 2016 blew into town on June 2 in the form of Democratic candidate Joe Pakootas. The native of Inchelium, Wash., is running for the 5th Congressional District seat occupied by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Spokane).

At a town hall at the Cheney Public Library, Pakootas outlined his qualifications for the office and fielded questions from about 15 residents. It's the second time he has run against McMorris Rodgers, and Pakootas noted that he garnered 41 percent of the vote in Spokane County in 2014 after being out spent 12 to 1 by the Republican incumbent.

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