Washington: Luke Esser

Everyone is a pundit these days, telling anyone who will listen who they think will win the governor’s races, the 8th Congressional District race, the presidency and their own local elections. So PolitickerWA.com decided to help fan the flames of the state of punditry by giving some prominent political people a venue in which to share their prediction skills.

PolitickerWA.com received predictions on a handful of important races across the state from a number of elected officials, staffers, bloggers and academics. See what they had to say below.

Washington State Republican Party Chair Luke Esser weighed in on state legislative district politics yesterday, telling PolitickerWA.com which seats he thought were ripe for the picking.

MINNEAPOLIS - Elway Research conducted a poll for the secretary of state's office the weekend after the "top two" primary to gauge voter approval of the new system and found largely positive results. The Olympian reports that the Elway poll found 76 percent of respondents approved of the new system with a margin of error of +/- 4.5 percent.

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MINNEAPOLIS -Washington State Republican Party Chair Luke Esser is fully supportive of the Republican National Committee's decision, led by John McCain, to cancel Monday's speaking program and minimize the convention schedule as fully as possible.