A challenger has emerged for the position of clerk in Yamhill County.
Dundee resident Cindy Johnson will face incumbent Keri Hinton in the May 19 primary. Additional aspirants to the job have until March 10 to file for candidacy for the position.
Hinton is completing her four-year term after being elected in November 2022. She was first appointed as interim clerk by the board of commissioners in July 2022 after Brian Van Bergen left office to take a similar position in Marion County…