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Ex-professor takes big lead in WSD board race

Jim Cooper defeating Bill Durgan with 64% of votes

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Jim Cooper (left) and Bill Durgan, candidates for the Port of Camas-Washougal's No. 2 commissioner position, speak at the Clark County League of Women Voters candidate forum at the Camas Public Library on Oct. 23.

Early results indicate that Jim Cooper will be the newest Washougal School District board member.

With 73 percent of ballots counted as of 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5, Cooper had garnered 64 percent of 2,544 votes to take a resounding lead over fellow newcomer Bill Durgan.

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