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Baumgartner: No apology for expletive

Baumgartner: No apology for expletive

It’s a wrap: Primary vote certified

It’s a wrap: Primary vote certified

Baumgartner to Publicola: Go (bleep) yourself

Baumgartner to Publicola: Go (bleep) yourself

McMorris Rodgers gets speaking part at GOP convention

McMorris Rodgers gets speaking part at GOP convention

T-Mobile kicks in to Ref. 74 campaign

T-Mobile kicks in to Ref. 74 campaign

Mo. rape comment ripples into Wa.

Mo. rape comment ripples into Wa.

Libertarian candidate sees route to White House

Jim Gray has a strategy that results in neither Barack Obama nor Mitt Romney occupying the White House next year. It goes like this:

Spin Control: Libertarian Party says GOP shouldn’t be on fall ballot

OLYMPIA – A political party wants to keep Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan off Washington’s Nov. 6 general election ballot. And it’s not the Democratic Party. The Libertarian Party of Washington argues in a lawsuit filed last week in Thurston County Superior Court that the GOP, like the LPWA, is not a “major party” under state law but a “minor party.” This isn’t a case of the parties comparing various parts of their anatomy, but a distinction in the law that decides how candidates for president make it on the ballot.

Shea’s picture backed by GOP

The chairman of the Spokane County Republican Party is standing behind state Rep. Matt Shea’s decision to post a picture of himself on the Internet standing on his Democratic challenger’s property despite public outcry that cuts across partisan lines. “This looks like a fabricated issue following a poor primary performance,” county GOP Chair Matthew Pederson said of complaints by state House hopeful Amy Biviano and others that Shea went too far with the photo, which was posted to the incumbent lawmaker’s Facebook page along with the location of a nearby intersection. Shea explained in the Facebook post that he had been door-belling the neighborhood, which was just added to the 4th Legislative District this year.

Lawsuit would keep Romney off Washington ballot

Lawsuit would keep Romney off Washington ballot

Local GOP opening ‘Victory Center’

Local GOP opening ‘Victory Center’

Baumgartner picks up ‘D’ endorsement

Baumgartner picks up ‘D’ endorsement

Creepy or cute? Shea posts pic of himself standing on opponent’s property

Creepy or cute? Shea posts pic of himself standing on opponent’s property

Mapping the vote: Another way to look at the U.S. Senate race in Spokane

Mapping the vote: Another way to look at the U.S. Senate race in Spokane

Mapping the vote: One way to look at the U.S. Senate race in Spokane

Mapping the vote: One way to look at the U.S. Senate race in Spokane

Mapping the vote: Another way to look at the 6th Dist race

Mapping the vote: Another way to look at the 6th Dist race

Mapping the vote: One way to look at the 6th District House race

Mapping the vote: One way to look at the 6th District House race

Doug Clark: Install mayor’s revolving door in other Washington

The primary election is over, and all 16 votes have been counted. The dismal turnout proves that holding primaries in the summer – when everybody’s on the golf course or playing volleyball at church nudist camp – is a really bonehead idea.

Benn secures spot on November ballot; Snyder endorses Riccelli

Benn secures spot on November ballot; Snyder endorses Riccelli

2,000 votes left to count in tight Spokane House race

2,000 votes left to count in tight Spokane House race