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Wednesday, Nov. 04, 2009

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5 file for open KID board position

By the Herald staff

Five candidates have filed for two seats on the Kennewick Irrigation District board of directors that come up for election Dec. 8.

Incumbent Patrick McGuire will be opposed by James E. Wade and John Blanco for Position 2.

And Richard C. McAloon is challenging incumbent Gene A. Huffman for Position 5.

McGuire and Huffman were elected to the board last December to positions that were vacant and are required to run again this year.

Wade ran unsuccessfully last year for the KID board.

McAloon is making his first bid to be a KID director.

The election will be conducted by mail with absentee ballots and with a walk-in polling place at KID offices, 12 W. Kennewick Ave. All property owners in the 55,000-acre district can vote.

There are approximately 20,600 irrigable acres divided into about 21,000 parcels, and about 35,000 dry acres.

State law assigns two votes for each five aces or portion thereof. That gives each property owner at least two votes, with those who own larger parcels having more votes.



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