Traffic whizzes by a patch of grass crowded with election campaign signs along a busy stretch of Highway 503 in the southwest Washington city of Battle Ground. They’re promoting a jumble of Republican and Democratic candidates for different races, and they signal a bitter battle brewing in one of the state’s last swing districts.
Battle Ground is at the heart of the 18th Legislative District, an area that has been a Republican stronghold for decades but has been shifting blue in recent years. Currently, the district is represented by Republicans at the state House level, but it also has a Democratic
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