Washington's U.S. Senate race comes to Spokane Saturday as both Patty Murray and Dino Rossi are scheduled to make stops on their final campaign swings through the state.Murray, the Democratic incumbent, has a get out the vote bus tour across the state that starts in…
Claim: "With (Marr's) tax increases, it's hurting my employees and my business and the last thing I need right now is an income tax," said Julie (who doesn't give a last name and claims to be a Spokane business owner).Source: TV ad from "Spokane Families…
Three polls of Washington's U.S. Senate race released in the last 24 hours have different numbers, but actually conclude the same thing: The race is very close.Rasmussen Research late Thursday had the race at 47 percent Dino Rossi, 46 percent Patty Murray. It's a survey…
Hundreds of thousands of ballots in Washington state are going to be mailed in the next four days.Here are a few reminders:Sign the outer envelope. If you live in a home with more than one voter, be sure you are signing your envelope, because the…
Claim: "Chris Marr (D) has wasted too much time in Olympia. (He) voted to designate the Olympic Marmot the official endemic mammal of the State of Washington, voted to create Christmas tree inspectors, voted to require truth in music advertising (and) voted to designate the…
Claim: "Michael Baumgartner pledged to outlaw all abortions - and to not allow women and their families to decide what's best when facing serious medical complications in their pregnancies."Source: Mailer from Healthy PAC, which is funded completely by Safety PAC, which is funded mostly by…
The Hill, a Washington, D.C., newspaper that focuses on Congress and politics, speculates today that Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers would move up in GOP leadership next year.It assumes a couple of things, including that Rep. Mike Pence, the person above her in the Republican leadership,…
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