Congress may be unpopular, but in Eastern Washington’s 5th Congressional District, five-term incumbent Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers was not with voters casting ballots in Tuesday’s primary. McMorris Rodgers, a member of the GOP leadership in the House, finished the evening with more than half the…
To win a second term in the state House of Representatives, Democrat Marcus Riccelli will have to go another round with the person he beat two years ago, Republican Tim Benn. Riccelli finished first, with about 58 percent of the vote, and Benn was comfortably…
Democrat Mary Lou Johnson has a 62-vote lead over incumbent Republican Commissioner Al French in tonight's 3rd Commissioner District primary. But the two of them are significantly ahead of Bonnie Mager, a former commissioner running as an independent. Johnson and French each have about 36…
Bob McCaslin and Diana Wilhite may have ended the legislative career of Leonard Christian tonight. In a three-way Republican race, McCaslin, a teacher, and Wilhite, the former Spokane Valley mayor, were running comfortably ahead of Christian, who was appointed by Spokane County commissioners to fill…
Republican Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers will face Democrat Joe Pakootas in the general election as she tries to win her sixth term in Congress. In early returns, McMorris Rodgers has about half the votes currently being tallied, while Pakootas has slightly less than a third,…
Eltopia farmer and former NFL player Clint Didier takes a commanding lead in the 12-way primary in Central Washington's 4th Congressional District. Second is former state Ag Director and fellow Republican Dan Newhouse. If current trend holds, Democrats will be SOL in this district's general
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers is way ahead -- more than 56 percent of the votes -- in the early returns in the 5th Congressional District primary. Democrat Joe Pakootas is comfortably in second with 24 percent. This in votes from Asotin, Pend Oreille, Ferry and…
Here at Spin Control we keep hitting refresh on the web pages that will give us election results and noticed a funny thing on the Secretary of State's page for congressional races. It says it was last update and midnight on 1/1/1880, which is a…
A second police precinct, a steady stream of newly trained cops, and a race to the deadline for a cleaner Spokane River dominates Mayor David Condon’s 2015 budget proposal, which he released earlier today. The $585 million budget plan is in many ways a continuation…
The deadline for getting a primary ballot in is 8 p.m. tonight. If your ballot is still sitting on your counter or coffee table, you might want to consider marking it, putting it in the envelope and taking it to a drop box, because it…
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