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[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Washington’
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[...]
September 24th, 2024 - 5:39 pm § in Law and Courts
Does anyone actually get more time for using a gun in a crime?
Dylan Scott Jennings, 37, of Bellevue, Washington, just did (read story here). Jennings, enraged by his estranged wife seeing another man, walked into the bar where she worked and shot her dead on July 5, 2021. There were aggravating factors: He showed no remorse, and used a stolen gun. Washington h[...]
Gov. Daniel J. Evans (1925-2024)
Daniel J. Evans was an old-fashioned Republican, who personified the ideal of what a politician should be. Born in 1925, he had a glowing resume. Descended from a politically prominent family that migrated to the Washington Territory before the Civil War, he grew up in Seattle, was an Eagle Scout, [...]
September 16th, 2024 - 8:20 pm § in Politics
Don’t elect Carrie R. Kennedy to Washington’s legislature
Carrie R. Kennedy (photo, right; profile here) is an Oath Keeper who ran for Congress in 2022, finishing 6th in the primary (see results here), and is running for a legislative seat in 2024 in a district that includes Whidbey Island. Although she eked out a weak second place in the primary and is on[...]
WA public lands commissioner: Upthegrove gains 2 votes in recount, will advance to November election
Dave Upthegrove (photo, left; bio here), 53, a Democrat, likely will be Washington’s next Commissioner of Public Lands. He’s currently a King County Councilman, and previously served in the legislature. He will succeed Hilary Franz, a Democrat who didn’t seek reelection and instead[...]
How Republicans might win in Washington
Actually, I don’t know if they could, but cutting the anchor rope would be a good way to start. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]