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Washington: Don Benton

Tue, 11/11/2008 - 20:05

Outside spending trickles down to key legislative races

By Bryan Bissell, PolitickerWA.com Reporter

Almost $22 million was spent by independent parties on behalf of candidates in this year’s election, about ten percent of which was done at the legislative district level.

Leading the charge were three of the Republicans top challengers. Outside interests spent $172,548 on Kevin Parker’s (R-Spokane) behalf in the 6th District and $147,143 on Jan Angel (R-Port Orchard) in the 26th. Both won their races to become the first Republicans in years to take back a Democratic seat.

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Mon, 11/10/2008 - 17:21

Late returns turning tide toward Republicans in legislative races

By Bryan Bissell, PolitickerWA.com Reporter

The same trend that saw Dino Rossi close the gubernatorial primary's 4 point election night gamp down to less than two is guiding state Republicans toward gains in Olympia.

Despite being down by narrow margins in most competitive races on November 4, late vote tallies have either closed the gap or erased it completely in a handful of state races that could results in a net gain of a handful of state House seats for the GOP.

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Thu, 11/06/2008 - 03:40

Wednesday returns favor Republicans in state Senate

By Bryan Bissell, PolitickerWA.com Reporter

Although little changed among House prospects, a few thousand additional votes counted Wednesday made a difference in the state Senate landscape.

Tuesday night saw the appearance of state Democrats picking up a seat in the Senate, but after more votes came in from Pierce and Clark Counties, the leader changed in both the 2nd and 17th Legislative Districts.

Republicans Randi Becker (R-Puyallup) and Sen. Don Benton (R-Vancouver) now lead their respective races over Sen. Marilyn Rasmussen (D-Puyallup) and David Carrier (D-Vancouver).

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Fri, 10/31/2008 - 13:31

Endorsement questions in LD17 with Benton, James

By Bryan Bissell, PolitickerWA.com Reporter

Just days before the election, state Sen. Don Benton's (R-Vancouver) endorsement of his fellow 17th Legislative District Republican Joseph James has come into question according to The Columbian's Kathie Durbin.

As of earlier this week, Benton's name could no longerbe found on the list of James' endorsers on his website.

Durbin describes it here: 

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Thu, 08/28/2008 - 16:31

Baird predicts Democrats will rise in Southern WA

By Bryan Bissell, PolitickerWA.com Reporter

[img_assist|nid=2002|title=U.S. Rep. Brian Baird (D-Vancouver)|desc=Getty Images Photo|link=none|align=right|width=240|height=360]DENVER -Taking a moment to switch gears from the hoopla of the national convention to the nuts and bolts of state politics, Rep. Brian Baird (D-Vancouver) predicted that Southwest Washington would pick up a few seats for Democrats in the state House and Senate this November.

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Thu, 04/24/2008 - 18:46

Individual state Senate GOP coffers getting full

By Bryan Bissell, PolitickerWA.com Reporter

On Tuesday the Spokesman-Review's Rich Roesler compiled a list of the top state senators in terms of cash on hand in their campaigns, whether they are running this year or in 2010.

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Mon, 04/21/2008 - 12:58

One more for Senate in the 17th

By Bryan Bissell, PolitickerWA.com Reporter

It took David Carrier (D-Cascade Park) getting stood up twice before he decided to stand up. At least that is one way to look at it. The Columbian is reporting that the WSU-Vancouver assistant economics professor was ditched twice by Sen. Don Benton for meetings on affordable housing, health care and predatory lending before finally showing up and trumpeting the need for tax cuts.

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Thu, 03/20/2008 - 17:52

Sen. Benton joins Roach in attacking GOP caucus leadership

By Bryan Bissell, PolitickerWA.com Reporter

The sides are starting to take shape in the much publicized and fiercely worded quarrel among members of the Republican Senate caucus. Today Sen. Don Benton (R-Vancouver) took sides with Sen. Pam Roach (R-Auburn). In a letter to his colleagues obtained by the TNT, Benton criticized the professionalism, leadership and fiscal responsibility of the Republican caucus leaders, notably Sen. Mike Hewitt (R-Walla Walla).

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