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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 […]
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 […]
Congresswoman receives bipartisanship award
Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, a Republican from Battle Ground, was one of 30 lawmakers this week to earn an award from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce recognizing bipartisanship. This year marked the first for the Jefferson-Hamilton Award for Bipartisanship. According to the Chamber of Commerce, the award went to members of Congress who sponsored the […]
Letters, endorsements and confusing branding
A spokesperson for Carolyn Long, a Democrat running for Congress in southwest Washington, has apologized after the campaign released a statement that inaccurately implied the candidate had been endorsed by the Longview Daily News. She hasn’t been, just to clarify. The Daily News, like The Columbian, hasn’t issued its endorsements for the 2020 Congressional race […]
Atencio drops out, leaving two-person race for WA-3
Rudy Atencio — at turns a Whig, a Democrat, and eventually a self-proclaimed “gay, liberal Republican” — has dropped out of the race for Washington’s 3rd Congressional District. His decision leaves the district with a two-person race in November. For the second time, voters will choose between the five-term incumbent, Repulican Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, […]
Long on lukewarm young voters: ‘Can you blame them?’
Carolyn Long, the main (scratch that; now she’s the only) Democrat seeking Washington’s 3rd Congressional District seat, told National Public Radio she’s trying to win over unaffiliated voters and energize the base in order to beat a 10-year Republican incumbent. However, the Washington State University Vancouver political science professor also said she understands why young […]
Democratic candidate flips, decides to run for Congress as a ‘liberal gay Republican’
Rudy Atencio, a White Salmon resident who up until very recently was running as a Democrat to represent Washington’s 3rd Congressional District, changed his mind. He’s now running as a “liberal gay Republican,” he said in a message Wednesday. He’ll instead challenge the incumbent, five-term Republican Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, to serve as the party’s […]
Long racks up endorsements from IGV and Planned Parenthood
And now, for the latest installment of EndorsementWatch 2020: Carolyn Long picked up two more endorsements in her bid for Washington’s 3rd Congressional District seat. One came from a local progressive organization, and the other came from a national reproductive rights group. The first declaration of support was from Indivisible Greater Vancouver, who endorsed Long […]
Why didn’t Herrera Beutler sign an anti-abortion legal brief?
Last week, more than 200 Republican members of Congress signed on to a document urging the Supreme Court to reconsider its decision on Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that established a woman’s right to an abortion. The amicus curiae brief is linked to a case the court is expected to deliberate in March. The […]
Ad campaign boosts congresswoman after vote
A digital ad campaign lauding Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler for her vote on a prescription drug price bill will go live in Washington’s Third Congressional District on Monday. The campaign, funded by Patients for Affordable Drugs NOW, will thank Herrera Beutler for voting in favor of H.R. 3 in a rebuke of her party’s position. […]