And Eastern Washington continues to do its share to field longshot candidates this year.we've got local candidates for governor, lieutenant governor and secretary of state, along with a healthy crop of folks vying for one of those small brown desks on the House and Senate…
It's now the next-to-last day to register as a candidate for election this year, and according to the Secretary of State's website, five Spokane-area state lawmakers face no opposition so far:-Rep. Alex Wood, D-Spokane,-Rep. John Ahern, R-Spokane,-Rep. Joel Kretz, R-Wauconda,-Sen. Mark Schoesler, R-Ritzville,-Rep. Steve Hailey,…
Heard back from Tyana Kelley, a Pullman Democrat running for the seat now held by state Rep. Joe Schmick, R-Colfax.A 2002 Whitworth graduate, Kelley says she grew up in Spokane as part of a family with deep roots working for the once-mighty Kaiser Aluminum."I don't…
Tyana Kelley, a 28-year-old Democrat from Pullman, has filed to run for the state House seat that state Rep. Joe Schmick, R-Colfax, is hoping to keep.Schmick represents the sprawling 9th District, not to be confused with the even-more-sprawling 7th District. In geographic shorthand, the 9th…
State Rep. Jim Dunn, R-Vancouver, known for his coiffure, girth and Louisiana-drawl-inflected floor speeches, has a Republican challenger in the primary.Vancouver's Joseph James, a dog trainer, clothing company owner, and owner of "Dog Adventure Camp" is challenging Dunn. (The website just went down as I…
In Stevens County, Republican Erica Breien has filed campaign-finance paperwork to challenge incumbent commissioner Malcolm Friedman, a fellow Republican running for re-election to his Position 3 seat.(Breien's campaign website is a bit mystifying. The first page is fairly straightforward stuff about running for office and…
-Spokane Libertarian John Beck and Spokane retiree Barbara Lampert filed to challenge McMorris Rodgers. Lampert is one of at least two Democrats seeking to oust the former state House minority leader.-John Moyna, a night janitor running against Senate Majority Lisa Brown, D-Spokane, was one of…
Maybe it's just that political candidates who file on opening day tend not to be spitball-shooters, but so far it looks like candidates are abiding by Secretary of State Sam Reed's plea to not grandstand with colorful ballot language.With the first day of filing wrapping…
I took a new camera over to the Secretary of State's office in the capitol this morning, putting on a wide lens so I could better capture the long line of politicians filing for office on the first day of Filing Week.But there was no…