SPOKANE, Wash. – Spokane County Commissioner Michael Baumgartner (R) and former US State Department official Carmela Conroy (D) will advance to the November general election for the US 5th Congressional District seat after placing in the top two in the Aug. 6 primary according to initial results.
Baumgartner is currently Spokane County Treasurer. He is closely aligned with a large cohort of Republican donors and has .
Carmela Conroy (D), a former chair of the Spokane County Democratic Central Committee with decades of experience in foreign affairs with the US State Department, will also advance to the general. The last time a Democrat represented eastern Washington in Congress was who was unseated by George Nethercutt
