Recount season over, no races overturned
Wrapping up Washington’s election recount season Tuesday, Benton County officials have declared Dan Kathren the winner of a District Court judgeship by a margin of 15 votes out of over 50,000 cast. After reviewing a handful of ballots that had been challenged by election staff during the hand recount, one vote was subtracted from Kathren’s original tally and seven votes were subtracted from Alex Ekstrom’s total. That left Kathren the winner at 25,057, with Ekstrom close behind at 25,042. County…