Washington: Mary Margaret Haugen

There apparently is no special consideration given to a former member of the Washington State Senate, not after he takes out full-page ads in multiple newspapers and attacks his former colleagues.

That's what former state Sen. Brian Weinstein, Mercer Island lawyer, has learned after he and his law partners paid for ads in The News Tribune, The Olympian, Skagit Valley News, Everett Herald and a lot of smaller newspapers. The ads accused Sens. Jim Kastama, D-Puyallup, Mary Margaret Haugen, D-Camano Island and Jim Hargrove, D-Hoquiam, of blocking a bill that Weinstein and his colleagues at Bergman Draper and Frockt really wanted to get passed.

The 10th Legislative District Democrats Executive Board met on Saturday to determine their official slate of endorsed candidates for the "top two" primary on August 19. Notably, they chose to give a sole endorsement for state House, position 2, choosing party nominee Patricia Terry (D-Camano Island) outright over fellow challenger Ann McDonald (D-Greenbank).

The top Democrat in the "top two" primary will likely advance to the general election along with the incumbent, Rep. Barbara Bailey (R-Oak Harbor).

The 10th Legislative District held its nomination meeting Thursday night at Skagit Valley Community College in Mt. Vernon where they officially endorsed Patricia Terry over Ann McDonald for the Democratic nomination for state House, position 2. The official weighted PCO count was 220 for Taylor and 13 for McDonald.