On this edition of Reporter’s Notebook, Crosscut staff reporter David Kroman talks with KCTS 9’s Enrique Cerna about his recent stories from Eastern Washington, where he talked with residents of the small farming town of Ritzville, Wash, where Donald Trump received 77 percent of the vote. We learn about their support of Trump and how the state’s east-west divide is such a significant factor east of the Cascades. We also talk about an interesting and sometimes testy Grant County Superior Court race where the sitting judge David Estudillo, appointed to the post by Governor Jay Inslee, squeaked out a win to remain the only judge of Latino descent in Eastern Washington.

David Kroman on the Real Reasons Eastern Washington Voted for Trump

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David Kroman on the Real Reasons Eastern Washington Voted for Trump

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