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Day 2 Filing Week: Inslee draws a crowd
Day 2 Filing Week: Inslee draws a crowd
Day 2 Filing Week: As the day starts
Day 2 Filing Week: As the day starts
Six seek to succeed Reed as secretary of state
OLYMPIA – Some political races began filling quickly on the first day for candidates to file for office and pay their fees. The statewide race attracting the most attention on Monday was the one that oversees elections, secretary of state. Incumbent Sam Reed is retiring, and six candidates already want to take his place.
Day 1 Filing Week. Some races fill up quickly
Day 1 Filing Week. Some races fill up quickly
Spin Control: Go ahead, run for office – but keep rules in mind
Tomorrow marks the official start of campaign season. Would-be officeholders will file the paperwork and plunk down the fees for the political position of their choice, or perhaps their dreams. Thanks for that. You help keep the newspaper’s government and political reporters in beer and burgers with your willingness to participate in the democratic process.
For candidates, it’s time to be official
Everyone thinking about running for political office this year, take note: You have less than a week to make up your mind. Everyone talking about running and acting like they’re already full-fledged candidates, take note: It’s not official until you file your paperwork and pay your fee. Candidate filing week starts Monday morning and ends when the office where that paperwork and fee must be deposited closes on Friday. Here’s a tricky part – because of budget cutbacks, some county elections offices close as early as noon on Fridays, others at 4 p.m., and some stay open until 5 p.m. Anyone planning to wait until the last minute to build suspense would be wise to make a phone call to the appropriate office and check when that last minute is.
Apple joins crowded field for Spokane House seat
Apple joins crowded field for Spokane House seat
Parker challeger, Wayne Spitzer, used to big challenges
Parker challeger, Wayne Spitzer, used to big challenges
Obama touts record to Seattle supporters
SEATTLE – Barack Obama acknowledged he hasn’t been a perfect president as he asked some 2,000 supporters to consider a different question than the standard “Are you better off than you were four years ago?” The question he wants to frame the election: “Will we be better off if we keep moving forward?”
Labor Council backs Riccelli without seeking views of other Democrats in House race
Candidates haven’t even officially signed up to run for office, but the contest for a state House seat representing central Spokane is heating up. The race for the seat held by state Rep. Andy Billig, D-Spokane, already has attracted four candidates, in large part because Billig decided last week that he wouldn’t run for re-election as planned so that he could seek the state Senate seat held by Lisa Brown, who announced that she would not run for a new term.
Waite questions labor’s backing of Riccelli
Waite questions labor’s backing of Riccelli
Sen. Brown was financially ready for campaign
State Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown perhaps was too prepared for her re-election bid. She already had ordered her campaign signs when she made the surprise announcement last week that she would not seek a new term.
What happens to Lisa Brown’s $156,000 campaign fund?
What happens to Lisa Brown’s $156,000 campaign fund?
Making hay in Eastern Washington
Making hay in Eastern Washington
Snyder, Waite enter field for House seat
The scramble is on for a state House seat in central Spokane, part of the fallout of Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown’s surprise decision not to seek re-election. Brown said Thursday that she would not run again for her 3rd Legislative District Senate seat. State Rep. Andy Billig immediately said he would run for Brown’s Senate seat, leaving a vacancy that often attracts multiple candidates.
Republican, Tim Benn, enters field for Billig’s seat
Republican, Tim Benn, enters field for Billig’s seat
Critic of two-party system, John Waite, will run as Democrat
Critic of two-party system, John Waite, will run as Democrat
Parker aide, Ben Oakley, announces bid for Ahern’s House seat
Parker aide, Ben Oakley, announces bid for Ahern’s House seat
Two vie in race for Kootenai prosecutor
When elected in 2008, Kootenai County Prosecutor Barry McHugh took over an office with a public black eye suffered after two sexually charged email scandals, internal strife, allegations of sexual harassment and criticism of local judges. McHugh ran unopposed in 2008 to replace retiring county Prosecutor Bill Douglas, who had held the office since 1989. During the past three years in office, McHugh said he has improved staff morale, the public and courts’ respect for the office and the quality of trial work.
Sunday Spin: Cameras part of campaign trail, candidates should act accordingly
Sunday Spin: Cameras part of campaign trail, candidates should act accordingly