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Cowlitz County Sheriff Mark Nelson was fined $250 Thursday for violating state election law last fall in a television commercial opposing the privatization of liquor sales.
Nelson appeared before the state Public Disclosure Commission Thursday in Olympia. The commission unanimously voted to accept a state proposed settlement of a $250 fine. An additional $500 fine was suspended as long as Nelson goes four years without another violation.