Joe Kent (photo, left; bio here), is an ex-military guy who tied himself to Trump and far, far-right politics who’s run for Congress twice in a GOP-leaning swing district that includes Vancouver, Washington, across the Columbia River from Portland, Oregon. Two years ago, in 2022, Kent was slow[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Washington’
November 6th, 2024 - 1:48 am § in Politics, Republicans
Did Dave Reichert get 45%?
Back in July, after the primary, I queried (here), “Can he break through the 45% barrier?” I didn’t know, but a couple of clues suggested no. He’d have no coattails, because Trump drags down GOP candidates in this state. Trump got 36.83% against Hillary Clinton in 2016, 38.77% ag[...]
October 27th, 2024 - 8:19 pm § in Politics, Republicans
Jerrod Sessler is unfit for public office
Jerrod Sessler, 55, wants a seat in Congress. He’s not qualified for the job. And he’ll probably lose. Sessler is challenging Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA), who represents a central Washington district that includes Tri-Cities and the Hanford reservation, which means a lot of scientists, engi[...]
October 25th, 2024 - 7:45 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Trump blocked disaster aid to Washington
Wildfires tore through eastern Washington, a heavily-Republican area, in the fall of 2020. Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat, requested $37 million of FEMA disaster funds for those communities. Trump blocked it, because Inslee had criticized his handling of the Covid-19 crisis. Washington eventually got t[...]
October 25th, 2024 - 5:49 pm § in Politics
Races to watch in the 2024 elections
Top of mind, of course, is the Harris-Trump battle, which needs no discussion. Thousands of other candidates are on ballots across America. Those who care about politics will be watching who controls the next Congress: Whether Democrats recapture the House, and what happens in the Senate. Nationally[...]
Trump is poison for Washington GOP candidates
I don’t live in a GOP desert; roughly 1 of every 3 voters in my neighborhood is a Republican. But unlike in 2016 and 2020, I haven’t seen a Trump yard sign this year. I don’t see bumper stickers anymore, either, but that’s not surprising because they invite parking lot vandal[...]
October 19th, 2024 - 4:26 am § in Politics, Republicans
Doomed Senate candidate puts on a brave face
The GOP could win a Senate majority in 2024, but won’t gain a seat in Washington, where Sen. Maria Cantwell (D) is cruising to re-election. Her Republican opponent, ER doctor Raul Garcia, is a political novice. He’s trailing Cantwell by 55%-32%, with 13% undecided, in a KING 5 News poll [...]
How is Reichert doing in WA governor race?
On July 8, 2024, I wondered if Dave Reichert could get 45% in the 2024 Washington gubernatorial election (see my post here). We’re in the homestretch now, so let’s take an updated look at this race. Reichert knows he isn’t going to win, and probably has already written his concessi[...]
September 26th, 2024 - 8:25 pm § in Politics, Republicans
Joe Kent is a Proud Boys fanboy
Joe Kent is running for Congress against first-term Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) in Washington’s 3rd district, who beat him in 2022. The contest is a rematch of Perez’s 2022 defeat of Kent by less than 1% of the vote (see results here). The district is nominally Republican, and th[...]
September 25th, 2024 - 9:07 pm § in Law and Courts
Public defenders aren’t optional
In the famous 1963 case Gideon v. Wainwright, made into a movie starring Henry Fonda (watch it below), the Supreme Court ruled states must provide indigent defendants with lawyers in criminal case (details here). In Washington, counties and cities employ public defenders for this task. But the state[...]