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Council candidate helps save elderly man while canvassing
David Regan, a candidate running for Vancouver City Council, was canvassing in east Vancouver on Saturday when he faced an unexpected emergency: an elderly Fairway Village resident who fell and hit his head. Regan had been making his pitch to 80-year-old Cora Ann Davis why she should vote for him, he told KGW News. “Just […]
What’s up with Ty Stober’s massive campaign fund?
Ty Stober is running for city council, but you wouldn’t know it to look at his fundraising numbers. In his bid for reelection to Vancouver City Council Position 5, Stober has so far raised just over $61,000, according to filings with the Public Disclosure Commission as of Friday. For a local race, that’s an almost […]
Republican group calls on Herrera Beutler to ‘stand up for the rule of law’
A Republican group focused on removing political interference from prosecutions launched an ad on Fox News aimed at Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Battle Ground. The 30-second ad, which aired in Washington’s 3rd Congressional District during the network’s morning news show, ran from Tuesday to Friday. It calls on Herrera Beutler to “stand up for the […]
Khalil endorsed by progressive group
Peter Khalil, a Democrat running to represent Washington’s 3rd Congressional District in 2020, earned an endorsement from the Washington State Progressive Caucus this week. “27 of our endorsed campaigns are still contending and it’s time to meet our most recent endorsed candidate: Peter Khalil,” the group posted on its Facebook page. Khalil, an Ivy league-educated […]
Rep. Herrera Beutler issues statement on shooting
Following a fatal shooting at Smith Tower Apartments in downtown Vancouver Thursday, Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Battle Ground, issued the following statement: “I just spoke with the Vancouver Police Department following today’s shooting in downtown Vancouver. We have some of the finest first responders around who acted quickly to protect our community and prevent further […]
Herrera Beutler: No ‘quid pro quo’ in phone call
A reconstructed transcript of a phone call between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky did not prove wrongdoing by the president, said Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler. In a written statement Wednesday, the Republican congresswoman said she would continue to call for full transparency from the president, but that the call itself wasn’t incriminating. […]
An endorsement for Long, and a climb for Khalil
Carolyn Long, a Democrat running to represent Washington’s 3rd Congressional District, picked up an endorsement from End Citizens United on Tuesday. End Citizens United, so named for the 2010 Supreme Court decision that protected campaign donations as free speech under the First Amendment, is a political action committee focused on removing corporate money from politics. […]
Let the campaign mailers begin
Are you a voter in Washington’s 3rd Congressional District? Have you started receiving mailers for the 2020 race? Though we’ve got more than a year to go until the incumbent, Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, faces off against a challenger in the general election, mailer campaigns have already kicked off. Take a postcard from the American […]
City councilor lashes out over email
Vancouver City Councilor Bill Turlay really doesn’t like Portland activist and newsletter-writer Richard Ellmyer, if a recent email correspondence between the two is any indication. In response to a political newsletter authored by Ellmyer criticizing President Donald Trump, Turlay sent the following response from his official city council email account on July 31: “Hi jerk. […]
In voter turnout, county fell short
Statewide voter turnout in the Aug. 6 election hit 29.56 percent, making this year’s ballot return the most popular odd-year primary election in a decade. The results, released from Washington Secretary of State Kim Wyman, were certified on Friday. The last time odd-year primary results hit that high was in 2009, when the ballot return […]