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Clark County voter turnout skyrockets
Clark County Auditor Greg Kimsey said Thursday that he believed voter turnout for Tuesday’s primary and special elections was the highest he had seen since he’s been in office. Looking at the most comparable primaries since his first election to the position in 1998, Kimsey was clearly correct. Voter turnout stood at 50.33 percent by […]
Complaint against Blom dismissed
The state Public Disclosure Commission dismissed a complaint Thursday against Clark County Councilor John Blom, about a week after the county tabled another complaint for the same alleged infraction. The complaint was filed earlier this month by Eric Temple, president of Portland Vancouver Junction Railroad. It alleged that a representative for Blom contacted a lobbyist […]
Rep. Herrera Beutler gains support of local building group
The Building Industry Association of Clark County is supporting Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler in her upcoming reelection bid. The endorsement came from the Building Industry Group, a political action committee that represents the association. A press release from Herrera Beutler’s office touts the congresswoman’s work on the House Appropriations Committee to secure emergency housing funds […]
Fixing our health care system is personal to me. In Congress, I will fight to ensure no one goes through what my family and I did.
— Carolyn Long (@ElectLong) July 21, 2020
Southwest Washington needs a Representative who will protect, expand, and improve our health care — not one who works to take it away. pic.twitter.com/Zt9Roo4D0r
Long’s new TV ad highlights health care
Carolyn Long released the first campaign commercial of Southwest Washington’s 2020 congressional election cycle this week, a 30-second ad spot highlighting her family’s past struggles with the health care system. “The last time I saw my mom, I asked her to see a doctor, and two days later she had died. It was cancer,” Long […]
Blom holds fundraising lead in District 3 race
Clark County Councilor John Blom is leading his challengers in fundraising efforts two weeks ahead of the primary election for the council’s District 3 seat. Karen Bowerman, a Republican, and Jesse James, a Democrat, will appear with Blom, who filed for re-election without a party preference, on the Aug. 4 primary ballot. The two candidates […]
Masks, social distancing disregarded at candidate meetup
A Camas forum for Republican candidates is drawing some ire over its attendees’ flouting of masking and social distancing rules. President Liz Pike of the Clark County Republican Women hosted the forum at her Shangri-La Farm. Guests included John Ley and Rey Reynolds, both running for the state Senate, as well as Tim Eyman, Phil […]
Will the primaries draw even one-third of voters?
The long-anticipated 2020 general election is almost here, but there’s some primary business to handle first. Ballots for the Aug. 4 primary and special elections were mailed Friday to Clark County voters, according to the county elections office. In 2016, the previous Presidential election year, the primary elections drew a 30 percent turnout in the […]
Google lists Confederate park as ‘public bathroom’
Anyone who researches Confederate monuments will find a range of descriptions. One of them, at least locally, is “public bathroom.” As of Thursday afternoon, those who Googled “Jefferson Davis Park” near Ridgefield would have noticed that Google Maps (which often appears to the right of the computer screen after entering a search item) lists it […]
Retiree group backing Long for Congress
The Alliance for Retired Americans, a nonprofit senior advocacy group, is supporting Carolyn Long in her bid to unseat Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler in November. The organization announced its endorsement in a media release Monday. Jackie Boschok, President of the Washington State Alliance for Retired Americans, said in the release that Long “shares our goal […]
Clark County councilors take race talk to Facebook
Clark County councilors discuss many topics throughout the year, and some of them are small enough to not draw comments from them. But when it came to a recent discussion about systemic racism that has fostered numerous headlines recently, several councilors whose named haven’t appeared in headlines not only engaged in the lengthy talk; they […]