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Washington: Mark Parkinson

Thu, 08/28/2008 - 14:09

Kansas Lt. Gov. reprises star turn

By Bryan Bissell, PolitickerWA.com Reporter

DENVER - The speaker that arguably received the best audience reaction at the State Democratic Party Convention was a little-known elected official from a state far away from and with very little in common with Washington.

His name was Mark Parkinson, the lieutenant governor of Kansas, and he wowed the crowd last June with his story of turning from a ranking Republican state legislator into the Democratic right hand man to Gov. Kathleen Sebelius.  But it wasn't the changes that he went through, Parkinson said, it was the changes the Republican Party went through.

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Thu, 08/28/2008 - 08:26

Gregoire, Dicks cap off the week

By Bryan Bissell, PolitickerWA.com Reporter

DENVER - Today is the final day of the Democratic Nation Convention here in Denver, and the Washington State Democrats are saving their best for last. Gov. Chris Gregoire is addressing the delegation this morning, and as a results they have added a few extra tables to the banquet room to allow for a full house so the din of the crowd is a little bit louder than usual.

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