Hanford High athlete is latest election challenger. His dad is already on city council
Richland voters later this year will have the chance to elect a father-son duo to the city council.
Filing week for elections this year closed 5 p.m. Friday. More than 130 candidates in both Benton and Franklin counties filed paperwork to run in nearly 90 local, nonpartisan races.
On Monday, council incumbent Kurt Maier filed for a second term. Then, late Thursday, his 18-year-old son John registered for another seat on the council, one that’s being vacated by Ryan Lukson, a former mayor.
John Maier doesn’t graduate from Hanford High School for another month, but he said he’s running anyway because he feels the current council wants to keep things static and he wants to pave a path for betterment in the city. He says he wants to be a voice for the youth and disenfranchised, citing housing affordability as a main issue.
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