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Rep. Jaime Herrera was steamed last week after Rep. Deb Wallace accused her of missing House floor votes for "hours on end" and asking seatmates to cast votes for her. […]

La Center Republican Ann Rivers announced Thursday that she has raised more than $20,000 in her campaign for the 18th District seat being vacated by Rep. Jaime Herrera, R-Camas, and […]

State Rep. Jaime Herrera, R-Camas, captured the attention of the Capitol Hill on-line news site Politico Thursday morning during a fund-raising and press event in Washington, D.C. Reporter Josh Kraushaar […]

State Rep. Tim Probst was moved by Thursday's deliberate crash of a single-engine plane into an IRS office building in Austin, Texas, to pen a plea for civility on his […]

Rep. Deb Wallace called Thursday afternoon to explain her vote on the House floor Wednesday against lowering the bar for approving new taxes. She said it has nothing to do […]

Democratic State Rep. Deb Wallace faced a choice Wednesday: Vote with her party to suspend a voter-approved initiative, clearing the way for the Legislature to raise taxes by a simple […]

It's a Winter Olympics year, and in political geeksville that means the cities are taking the election off. Instead, Clark County's so-called "junior" elected offices are up for grabs. That'd be […]

State Sen. Don Benton, R-Vancouver, surprised even Clark County GOP Republican Chairman Ryan Hart with his announcement at the party's Feb. 6 Lincoln Day Dinner that he would run against […]

Republican state Rep. Jaime Herrera will take a break from the grueling legislative session to travel to Washington, D.C., for a Capitol Hill fundraiser later this month. Hosting the Feb. […]

This is the first post of the Political Beat blog. Check back here regularly for the latest political news from The Columbian. […]