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GOP hopes to oust Roskelley from ballot
The Spokane County Republican Party plans to go to court today to try knocking Democrat John Roskelley off the primary ballot. The county GOP filed a challenge to Roskelley’s current voter registration Friday, and asked Auditor Vicky Dalton to remove his name from the ballot for the District 1 commissioner race, where he’s the sole challenger to incumbent Republican Commissioner Todd Mielke. But an auditor has no authority to strike a name from the ballot, Dalton said, and the party must convince a Superior Court judge to do that.
Spokane GOP challenges Roskelley candidacy
Spokane County Republicans challenge Roskelley’s “residence.” He says it’s just politics.
Spokane GOP challenges Roskelley run
Spokane GOP challenges Roskelley run
Primary filing ends with crowded ballot
OLYMPIA – Washington’s primary ballot got longer and more interesting before elections offices closed for filing Friday afternoon. Spokane-area ballots will have nine candidates for governor, eight for U.S. Senate, seven for secretary of state, six for lieutenant governor, five for a Spokane legislative seat, and four for Eastern Washington’s 5th District congressional seat.
Waite drops out, endorses Snyder
Waite drops out, endorses Snyder
Tsunami debris arriving to waves of uncertainty
WASHINGTON – West Coast residents are calling 911 to report tsunami debris they see coming ashore, but the operators don’t know what to say. When Sen. Maria Cantwell asked a top official of the federal agency in charge of handling the debris what they should say, he didn’t know either.
Export-Import Bank reauthorization passes Senate, to Obama next
Export-Import Bank reauthorization passes Senate, to Obama next
Baumgartner aide named new Builders Association government affairs director
Baumgartner aide named new Builders Association government affairs director
Day 1 Filing Week. Some races fill up quickly
Day 1 Filing Week. Some races fill up quickly
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.
Filing week is nearly here. Candidates take note
Filing week is nearly here. Candidates take note
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
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
Roskelley edges McKenna among Bloomsday politicians
Roskelley edges McKenna among Bloomsday politicians
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.