The final hours of the 2010 midterms are upon us. As field teams rev up their get-out-the-vote efforts for their candidates, operatives working for both sides have taken the air war in Washington State to new lows, particularly in the Senate contest, which pits Patty Murray against Dino Rossi.
This autumn, Washington voters are facing what seems like a record number of initiatives. Five of these measures are almost exclusively funded by corporations and would damage our state’s quality of life. Here’s a guide to each and why you should vote no.
For many places in the United States, Election Day 2010 will begin and end on Nov. 2, the first Tuesday in the 11th month of the year.
Here, however, Election Month will begin in mid-October, when ballots are mailed out. That means that there isn’t much time left before we start voting. At stake are nine seats in the U.S. House, 98 in the state house, and about half of the state Senate’s 49 seats.
For many places in the United States, Election Day 2010 will begin and end on Nov. 2, the first Tuesday in the 11th month of the year.
Here, however, Election Month will begin in mid-October, when ballots are mailed out. That means that there isn’t much time left before we start voting. At stake are nine seats in the U.S. House, 98 in the state house, and about half of the state Senate’s 49 seats.
If there’s an anti-incumbent, electoral revolt going on in the United States this year, voters in the Evergreen State evidently aren’t interested in playing a part in it.
If there’s an anti-incumbent, electoral revolt going on in the United States this year, voters in the Evergreen State evidently aren’t interested in playing a part in it.
As Aug. 17 draws closer, election officials have ramped up efforts to remind us that it’s once again time to be mindful of our civic duty to vote.
As Aug. 17 draws closer, election officials have ramped up efforts to remind us that it’s once again time to be mindful of our civic duty to vote.
If pundits are to be believed, the hottest contest for elected office in our state this year is our U.S. Senate race, now that Dino Rossi has decided to challenge Patty Murray.
But there’s another battle that promises to be just as fierce: the looming showdown between Republican Dave Reichert and Democrat Suzan DelBene, the expected winners of the primary in the Eighth Congressional District, which includes Redmond.
If pundits are to be believed, the hottest contest for elected office in our state this year is our U.S. Senate race, now that Dino Rossi has decided to challenge Patty Murray.
But there’s another battle that promises to be just as fierce: the looming showdown between Republican Dave Reichert and Democrat Suzan DelBene, the expected winners of the primary in the Eighth Congressional District, which includes Redmond.
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