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Stonewall News Northwest reached out to 68 candidates in 30 state legislative district races in 5 Washington State counties. We posed six questions gauging their positions on equality, inclusivity, instilling civility in discourse and bridging community divides.
Many candidates shied away from these questions, but others stepped up.
In Grays Harbor County, no candidates responded out of 10 contacted. See other counties here.
Grays Harbor County, WA | Population (2020): 75,636 | Area: 2,224 square miles
Website: https://www.graysharbor.us/
Income: The median income for a household in the county was $41,899 and the median income for a family was $49,745. Males had a median income of $42,998 versus $34,183 for females. The per capita income for the county was $21,656. About 11.7% of families and 16.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 23.1% of those under age 18 and 7.9% of those age 65 or over.
Racial Makeup: The racial makeup of the county was 78.1% White, 1.4% Black or African American, 5.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.4% Asian, 4.8% from some other race, and 9.0% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race comprised 10.4% of the population.
Age Distribution: Of the residents, 20.0% were under the age of 18 and 22.5% were 65 years of age or older; the median age was 44.8 years. For every 100 females there were 104.9 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 104.8 males. 60.9% of residents lived in urban areas and 39.1% lived in rural areas.
Politics: Grays Harbor County used to be one of the most consistently Democratic counties in the nation, due to its unionized logging industry. Until 2016, the last Republican presidential candidate to carry the county was Herbert Hoover in 1928; the last Republican gubernatorial candidate to win the county until 2016 was Roland H. Hartley in 1924. Donald Trump carried the county by a plurality in 2016, and went on to win a majority of its votes in both 2020 and 2024.
Candidates who did not respond:
Stan Sturgeon, JR Streifel, Jim Walsh, Kevin Moynihan, Terry Carlson, Joel McEntire, Adam Bernbaum, Eric W. Pratt, Marcia Kelbon and Kaylee Kuehn.
