Political Beat

Democratic senator-elect Annette Cleveland, who soon will replace outgoing state Sen. Craig Pridemore, D-Vancouver, was picked today for a leadership position with Senate Democrats. Cleveland was chosen by her fellow Democrats […]

On Election Day in 2008, the Clark County Elections Department saw a line that ran out the door and around the block. Remember this? On Election Day this year, the lines […]

Legislators from Clark County were elevated to leadership positions within the House Republican caucus today. Freshman House member Paul Harris, who will begin his second term in January, was selected […]

More than 2,700 donations to Barack Obama's or Mitt Romney's presidential campaigns were made by people living in Clark County, according to data provided by the Federal Election Commission. The database […]

If Clark County voters had their way, the outcome of the presidential election would be too close to call. Barack Obama has received 121 more Clark County votes than his […]

Many predicted the close 17th District Senate race between Republican incumbent Don Benton and his Democratic challenger Tim Probst would get ugly, but how bad did it really get? A […]

It's always interesting to see which phrases get lifted from a newspaper article or editorial and used to rant or rave about a political candidate. This latest television ad in […]

If you live in Clark County's 17th Legislative District, your head might be spinning from all of the campaign fliers, mail pieces and television ads about Sen. Don Benton, R-Vancouver, […]

John Milem, the Vancouver activist who challenged the state's new voting district boundaries, also expressed distaste for the way former state Sen. Joseph Zarelli, R-Ridgefield, left office. Milem said it's […]