Politics

During a live chat with readers on The Columbian's website last week, U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Camas, had to run before answering a final reader question on same-sex marriage. […]

Despite a technology that allows Clark County voters with disabilities to cast their ballots in secret, it appears most prefer to continue to vote by mail with the help of […]

Care about political issues pertaining to people with disabilities? You should, Joelle Brouner told a crowd gathered earlier this month for a legislative candidate forum at Clark College. Chances are, […]

Happy anniversary, Occupy Vancouver U.S.A.. Today marks the one-year anniversary of when the local manifestation of Occupy Wall Street stunned local authorities and reporters’ expectations with a 700-person march Oct. […]

If you're looking up state Senate candidate Ralph Schmidt's campaign contribution information on the Washington State Public Disclosure Commission's website, you might want to take that information with a grain […]

Citizens of Portland might be nearly as informed about who's running for office in Washington state as their neighbors to the north, thanks to a series of political ads hitting […]

When staunch Republican Lynda Wilson got a phone call at her Clark County home from a pollster -- and when that pollster began bad mouthing state Sen. Don Benton, R-Vancouver […]

Democratic congressional candidate Jon Haugen has received some emails lately asking if he has changes his stance on the Columbia River Crossing -- from opposing the project, to supporting the […]

Candidates have been opening up lately about other politicians, even those in their own party. State Rep. Jim Moeller, D-Vancouver, was candid when speaking about Jon Haugen, the Democrat running to […]

Sen. Don Benton, R-Vancouver, sent out a press release on Wednesday stating that his opponent, Rep. Tim Probst, D-Vancouver, is "either ignorant, a liar or both" because of information provided […]