Political Beat

Tim Probst, who is running to replace Sen. Don Benton in Olympia, filed his personal financial statement late. And the Washington State Republican Party noticed. “Why is partisan Democrat Tim P...

https://blogs.columbian.com/political-beat/2016/06/03/let-the-race-begin/

House Speaker Paul Ryan said on Thursday he will vote for the GOP presumptive nominee Donald Trump. Previously, Ryan said he was “not ready” to back Trump, but reversed course writing in an e...

https://blogs.columbian.com/political-beat/2016/06/03/jhb-keeps-quiet-on-trump/

Hillary Clinton won the Washington state primary on Tuesday. Bernie Sanders overwhelmingly won the Washington state caucuses. The results from the Democratic primary will largely be ignored, but ...

https://blogs.columbian.com/political-beat/2016/05/27/clinton-wins-wa/

Every election season, there are those people who don’t bother to vote. They forget. They’re not inspired. They feel like their vote doesn’t matter. For once, they might have a point. Toni...

https://blogs.columbian.com/political-beat/2016/05/24/your-vote-counts-well-kind-of/

Sam Kim, Clark County’s chief information officer, generated a buzz this week when the lifelong Republican filed to run as an “independent Democrat.” It was unusual that he was switching pa...

https://blogs.columbian.com/political-beat/2016/05/20/goodspace-guy-for-governor/

Gov. Jay Inslee visited Vancouver’s future waterfront park on Wednesday and called it a center of economic expansion that will benefit the entire state. As Inslee walked along the river, the In...

https://blogs.columbian.com/political-beat/2016/05/20/building-bridges/

When apple prices drop, the employees at the Vancouver Education Association know to prepare themselves. Chicken wire is already around all the windows. Crates are in front of the chicken wire, p...

https://blogs.columbian.com/political-beat/2016/05/13/threats-of-apples-flying-again/

The Clark County Democrats’ 2016 convention last week was chaotic and lasted hours. The event was scheduled to end by 5 p.m. but ran past 9 p.m. As Stevie Mathieu reported, it started with a �...

https://blogs.columbian.com/political-beat/2016/05/07/socialist-pizza/

Democratic Sen. Patty Murray is campaigning for her fifth term in Congress and, once again, the apple throwers are ready. It’s not the first time some of Murray’s opponents have encouraged th...

https://blogs.columbian.com/political-beat/2016/05/07/threats-of-apples/

A recent Pew Research Center report highlighted the divide that exists within the Republican party, saying the disagreements expose vastly different viewpoints on the way life in the United State...

https://blogs.columbian.com/political-beat/2016/04/22/pew-poll-broad-divide-among-republican-voters/