The race for State Senate in the 17th legislative district will be heating up soon after the general election officially ‘starts’ after the August 19th primary. The primary, designed to produce a candidate to take on incumbent senator/serial fund raiser Don Benton, was rendered moot when software developer Martin Hash dropped out in favor of David Carrier, economics instructor and political activist. Hash worried [...]
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 | What is the purpose of the August primary? In the August primary, voters select the candidates who will run for office in the general election. What is a Top Two Primary? • In each race, the two candidates with the most votes will advance to the General Election. It is possible that both candidates who advance to the General Election prefer the same party. [...] The Representative from Washington’s Congressional District # 3 is a member of the Democratic Party who has backed George Bush on several matters of critical importance to U.S. citizens in general and progressives in particular: 1) support for the occupation of Iraq, and, especially, support for ‘the Surge’; 2) approval of the Peru Free-Trade Agreement in late 2007; and 3) an affirmative vote for [...] Candidate filing period Contact Greg Kimsey, Clark County Auditor Phone: (360) 397-2078 Tim Likness, Elections Supervisor Phone: (360) 397-2345 The in-person period to file a Declaration of Candidacy for elective public office will begin on Monday, June 2 and end on Friday, June 6, 2008. Elective positions subject to this new candidate filing period in 2008 include U.S. Representative, statewide offices, State Supreme Court, [...] |      | ||||
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