Hillsboro City Councilor Beach Pace will run for chair of the Washington County Board of Commissioners next fall.
Pace — who was elected to the Hillsboro City Council three years ago — will challenge Kathryn Harrington, the board's current chair, who launched her re-election campaign in early November.
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