Tyana Kelley, a 28-year-old Democrat from Pullman, has filed to run for the state House seat that state Rep. Joe Schmick, R-Colfax, is hoping to keep.

Schmick represents the sprawling 9th District, not to be confused with the even-more-sprawling 7th District. In geographic shorthand, the 9th is the Palouse, although it stretches all the way down to Oregon, into Franklin County, and includes part of Spokane County.

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