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• Labrador carries independence to D.C.

  May 5, 2013 in City, Idaho on Page B1 WASHINGTON – While speaking to Latino voters in Boise about a decade ago, Raul Labrador caught the eye of Idaho’s highest-ranking Democrat in the state House of Representatives. The audience … 13

• Vestal: Futility source of pride in U.S. House

  January 18, 2013 in City on Page A5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers has not distinguished herself as one who makes a lot of bold, off-the-cuff statements. Even as her profile rises, with convention speeches and appearances on the Sunday … 35

• Changing California a harbinger for GOP

  November 12, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A1 LOS ANGELES – If the future happens first in California, the Republican Party has a problem. The nation’s most populous state – home to 1 in 8 Americans – has … 62

• Romney/Paul split weighing on county GOP

  May 29, 2012 in City on Page A5 A battle for control of the Spokane County Republican Party is being waged at the neighborhood level in the August primary. Competing factions of conservative Republicans are vying for the … 8

• Romney wins five primaries

  April 25, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Mitt Romney laid claim to the fiercely contested Republican presidential nomination Tuesday night with a fistful of primary triumphs, then urged all who struggle in a shaky U.S. … 17

• Santorum suspends campaign for president

  April 10, 2012 in News GETTYSBURG, Pa. — Bowing to the inevitable, Rick Santorum quit the presidential campaign Tuesday, clearing the way for Mitt Romney to claim the Republican nomination. 46

• House OKs GOP budget, rejecting rival plans

  March 29, 2012 in Nation/World Republicans pushed an election-year, $3.5 trillion budget through the House on Thursday that relies on biting spending cuts and a revamping of Medicare to curb massive federal deficits, drawing a … 42

• House GOP unveils budget blueprint

  March 20, 2012 in Nation/World Conservative Republicans controlling the House unveiled a budget blueprint today that combines slashing cuts to safety net programs for the poor with sharply lower tax rates in an election-year manifesto … 47

• Presidential hopeful wows his Spokane fans

  February 24, 2012 in City on Page A5 A lot of show biz has crossed the stage at the Bing, and Thursday was no different. Fans stood in line more than an hour before showtime. Some held signs … 6

• Caucus chairman in Idaho to keep post

  January 12, 2012 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – Idaho Senate officials say Republican Sen. John McGee will keep his position as caucus chairman, the fourth-highest-ranking post in the GOP controlled chamber. Republican senators met behind closed … 1

• GOP blocks Obama nominee to head financial agency

  December 8, 2011 in Nation/World Senate Republicans today blocked President Barack Obama’s choice to head the new consumer protection agency that was designed to help curtail the excesses and abuses that led to the financial … 30

• Romney, Perry spar over jobs, Social Security

  September 7, 2011 in Nation/World Squaring off for the first time, Texas Gov. Rick Perry and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney were facing each other tonight along with struggling contender Michele Bachmann and other presidential … 18

• McMorris Rodgers defends GOP line on economy, Medicare

  September 1, 2011 in City on Page A1 Turns out that Spokane politics mirror the rancor in the other Washington. More than 600 people jammed the Lincoln Center on Wednesday night to boo or cheer Rep. Cathy McMorris … 68

• Pawlenty’s struggling campaign bets big on Iowa

  July 8, 2011 in Nation/World, News Trailing in polls and low on cash, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is betting the future of his presidential campaign on Iowa, where a late summer test vote could make … 9

• McMorris Rodgers backs GOP ‘Pledge to America’

  September 24, 2010 in City on Page A8 U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers was among congressional Republicans making a “pledge” Thursday to change the way the federal government works if they regain control. But her campaign opponent, Daryl … 11

• Obama lays blame on GOP at Murray rally in Seattle

  August 18, 2010 in City on Page A1 SEATTLE – President Barack Obama accused Republicans of driving the economy “into the ditch” and then asking for the keys back now that Democrats have pulled it out, in an … 12

• McMorris Rodgers seeks fourth term

  April 8, 2010 in City on Page A5 Republican Cathy McMorris Rodgers formally began her congressional re-election campaign Wednesday with no Democrat showing a strong desire to oppose her but a challenger on the right from the Constitution … 15

• U.S. Rep. McMorris Rodgers to run again

  April 7, 2010 in City Republican U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers said she will seek re-election to a fourth term from Washington’s 5th Congressional District. 17

• GOP’s ‘emergency’ call wouldn’t change much

  March 7, 2010 in City on Page B2 OLYMPIA – Republicans have argued for weeks the governor should declare a financial emergency and reopen the contracts with the state employees unions, cutting pay and benefits to help balance … 14

• Democrats dominate income-tax donations

  July 23, 2009 in Idaho on Page A11 BOISE – In a state where Republicans hold all but one of the top elected offices and three-quarters of the seats in the Legislature, Idaho Democrats have consistently outperformed the …

• Cal Thomas: GOP must stick to its tenets

  April 24, 2009 in Opinion on Page A11 Sen. John McCain’s daughter and his presidential campaign manager think they’ve figured out why McCain lost the 2008 election and what Republicans must do to win in the future. They …

• David S. Broder: Republican party goes South

  December 28, 2008 in Opinion on Page B8 As a rule, a new president’s choice of a secretary of transportation makes few headlines, even when the appointee is a member of the opposition. In 2001, George W. Bush …

• Post-election rollin’ with my Presidential Press Posse

  November 6, 2008 in City on Page B1 I came up with something important while my Presidential Press Posse rolled all over Spokane to experience Tuesday night’s historic election. My theory is that there is a very good …