Month: July 2010

Castillo sweeps endorsements

Republican David Castillo has won endorsements from the Seattle Times, the Longview Daily News, the Chronicle of Centralia and the Columbian in his primary campaign for the open 3rd Congressional […]

Will Rich Carson leave 18th race in protest?

Will he or won’t he? After reading Columbian Editor Lou Brancaccio’s column Saturday, Rich Carson is considering withdrawing from the 18th Legislative District race. The independent candidate says he fed up with […]

Blog wars

Kelly Hinton, who writes the acerbic Clark County Politics blog, has a foe in the blogosphere. An unnamed blogger has launched kellyhintonwatch, riffing on Hinton's own Jon Russell Watch and Jaime […]

Hedrick confronts Gregoire; video at 11

Congressional candidate David W. Hedrick seized the moment at Gov. Chris Gregoire’s Vancouver budget forum Tuesday night to confront the governor on her 2009 executive order on climate change […]

Stuart singled out, quizzed on tolls

Since opposing tolls on a replacement Interstate 5 bridge was a successful campaign issue for Vancouver Mayor Tim Leavitt, another candidate is going that route. Political newcomer Alan Svehaug is running […]

Bipartisan effort strikes out

Clark County Commissioner Steve Stuart, a Democrat, and 17th District legislative candidate Brian Peck, a Republican, had what they thought was a cool idea. Because their respective political parties were short […]

Hedrick brings ‘heat’ to Stranger interview

The Stranger, Seattle's alternative weekly newspaper, has taken interest in Southwest Washington's 3rd Congressional District race. Probably something about an open seat, a toss-up race, the balance of Congress, that […]

Hedrick brings 'heat' to Stranger interview

The Stranger, Seattle's alternative weekly newspaper, has taken interest in Southwest Washington's 3rd Congressional District race. Probably something about an open seat, a toss-up race, the balance of Congress, that […]

Do I endorse him? Yes. Will I vote for him? Maybe.

Appraiser Peter Van Nortwick, one of four candidates for Clark County Assessor, announced on Wednesday that he has been endorsed by Vancouver Mayor Tim Leavitt. While Van Nortwick got Leavitt’s endorsement, […]

Why not bail out the city?

At Tuesday's meeting of the Clark County commissioners, a citizen had a suggestion to solve the city of Vancouver's money woes. Holding up a copy of The Columbian, which had a […]

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