Scott Swanson
Jami Cate declared victory last week in the primary election for the state House District 17 seat, with a 34-vote lead over her closest competitor, Scott Sword, who says he isn’t conceding yet.
Cate, 33, of Lebanon, had 2,896 votes, 26.64 percent of the 10,871 votes cast in the district, according to the Oregon Secretary of State’s tally of votes on Friday, May 29.
Sword, 61, of Sublimity, had 2,862 (26.33 percent). He…