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County candidate confesses to writing racist letter

| July 7, 2020 12:03 AM

HERMISTON, Ore. (AP) — A recent candidate for Umatilla County commissioner, who claimed he received an anonymous racist letter last month, admitted to police he was the one who wrote it, the East Oregonian reported.

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