-Half a dozen people have now filed to run for state school superintendent.-State Rep. Alex Wood, who started the day with no filed opponents, how has two Republicans and an Independent running against him.-A Bremerton man listing his name as "(Blue Collar) Brad Gehring" is…
I blogged this morning about Spokane GOP chairman Curt Fackler's decision to list no party in his run for state insurance commissioner.Here's another example of a Republican candidate apparently seeking a little distance from the brand: Mercer Island public-releations entrepreneur Valerie Chan filed to challenge…
-Nine people have filed to fun for governor, including several perennial candidates. Among them: Tacoma's Will Baker. Baker, who once described himself as an "international man of diplomacy," has run for Washington secretary of state, auditor and governor and been repeatedly arrested for disrupting government…
Spokane businessman Curt Fackler filed last night to run again for Insurance Commissioner. As several other candidates around the state have done, Fackler listed no party preference.But Fackler is the Spokane County GOP chairman.Why not run as a Republican?"I feel that insurance is a nonpartisan…
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