Politics

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

A few people who have driven past the Clark County Sheriff's Office's central precinct, 11608 N.E. 149th St., have wondered about political signs that appear to be on the county's […]

George Kolin, a Washougal defense attorney vying for Clark County prosecuting attorney, has focused his relatively invisible campaign on throwing barbs at opponent Tony Golik. The problem is the barbs haven’t […]

A new fund-raising message from Dwight Pelz, chairman of the state Democratic Party, reveals the party's growing anxiety about how it will fare in this year's U.S. Senate race and […]