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DAVENPORT–Lincoln County will remain in the 9th Legislative District after the state Supreme Court declined to redraw new legislative maps that could have placed Lincoln County back in District 13 in a decision made Dec. 3.

Lincoln County had been in the 13th District for the previous 10 years but was moved to the 9th Legislative District after a 2021 redistricting process that occurs every 10 years following new census data.

The 9th Legislative District covers rural areas like Adams, Asotin, Franklin, Garfield, and Whitman and portions of Spokane Counties. The district borders Oregon to...