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Spin Control archive for Dec. 29, 2010

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 29, 2010

Map of the 2010 General Election balloting by Legislative District. (Jim Camden/The Spokesman-Review)

Spokane's 3rd Lege District among lowest for turnout

OLYMPIA -- New numbers from the Washington Secretary of State's office confirm what political experts in Spokane have long believed: Central Spokane's 3rd Legislative District, along with being among the state's poorest, is among the state's lightest voting. The state Elections Office released voter turnout…

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Baumgartner gets plum panels 

OLYMPIA -- Senate Republicans released their list of committee assignments today, and Spokane's freshman Sen. Michael Baumgartner appears to be someone they're putting a lot of stock in. Baumgartner will start his first day in the Legislature as ranking Republican on the Senate Economic Development,…

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