The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

WALLA WALLA – Democrat Randal Son is running against RepublicanTodd Kimball in a bid for Walla Walla County's District 2 commissioner seat. If elected, he will replace Perry Dozier, who is finishing out his second term in that seat and not seeking re-election.

Son has lived in the Walla Walla Valley for 45 years and has worked on farms, canneries, and as a painter and carpenter. He currently works as a transit operator, but plans to retire and focus fully on his role as commissioner, if elected.

Son studied rural sociology at Evergreen State College and philosophy and English at Whitman...