[Klickitat] 🗳 The Last Forum - Klickitat Primary Special - 7/21

Klickitat County's third and last candidate forum before the August 4 primary (vote by tonight!) happened July 21 in Goldendale, and the questions were the bluntest of the three. Three sheriff candidates were asked when they last worked patrol in Washington, and one answered "never." Klickitat County Commissioner Lori Zoller was asked to defend the Board of County Commissioners' takeover of the county jail. We also walk the final Public Disclosure Commission filings for both county races, and the Federal Election Commission reports for the open 4th District congressional seat.In This EpisodeKlickitat County Sheriff: Bruce, Warren and Matulovich on patrol currency, the sheriff's posse, and what "constitutional sheriff" means after Bob SongerCounty Commissioner District 2: Kallinen, Zoller and Klejeski, and the jail question nobody wanted to read out loudWhy we are not printing the jail settlement's dollar figures, and what a typed record does confirmRetiring Sheriff Bob Songer is funding candidates in both county racesThe 4th District open seat, where outside groups have outspent every county candidate combined, several times overWhy Klickitat and Skamania readers are voting in different congressional racesResources & LinksRead the full written Dispatch at skamaniadispatch.comOur earlier coverage of the July 9 and July 14 forums: https://skamania-dispatch.ghost.io/your-klickitat-2026-primary-ballot-preview-7-9-7-14-candidate-forums/Nathan Wilson, "Meet the three candidates for Klickitat County sheriff," Columbia Gorge News, July 21, 2026: https://www.columbiagorgenews.com/news/meet-the-three-candidates-for-klickitat-county-sheriff/article_2ff1d474-c44f-487b-b2b6-59faa63e30f2.htmlNathan Wilson, "Tony Warren's tenure at the Bingen-White Salmon Police Department," Columbia Gorge News, July 28, 2026: https://www.columbiagorgenews.com/news/tony-warrens-tenure-at-the-bingen-white-salmon-police-department/article_3aadf406-29b9-49d2-ba26-7659a4898eb3.htmlKlickitat County Elections and ballot drop-box locations: klickitatcounty.govLook up any candidate's donors yourself at the Public Disclosure Commission: pdc.wa.govFederal filings for the congressional races: fec.govStay Connected with the GorgeThe Skamania Dispatch and The Klickitattler are community-led projects of OpenGorge.org.To stay updated on local news, governance, and community events across the region, you can sign up for both newsletters at SkamaniaDispatch.com. For real-time updates and to join the conversation, follow us on Facebook at facebook.com/OpenGorge.