On June 21, Washington County voters will choose the Republican Party nominee for county judge. Patrick Deakins and Mark Scalise are the candidates in this runoff election. The winner will face Democrat Josh Moody in the November general election.
We invited both candidates to take part in this podcast. Mr. Scalise chose not to participate. Here are the questions we asked and Mr. Deakins' answers.
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