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Washington: Slade Gorton

February 17, 2009 - 07:03 pm
NEWS FEED: Sound Politics

Good Hire by Gregoire

No, I don't mean Zach Silk, the 2006 Darcy Burner campaign manager who - damnit - performed well as Gregoire's Deputy Campaign Manager in 2008. I mean former Slade Gorton staffer Bill McSherry, pulled away from the Puget Sound Regional...

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Wed, 10/29/2008 - 13:10

Gorton, McKay respond to deposition

By Bryan Bissell, PolitickerWA.com Reporter

Former U.S Senator and Washington State Attorney General Slade Gorton joined with former U.S. Attorney Mike McKay Tuesday afternoon to speak out against the decision by King County Judge Paris Kallas requiring Dino Rossi to testify in the case alleging that the Republican gubernatorial candidate aided in an illegal fundraising plan by the Building Industry Association of Washington.

They call the lawsuit overly partisan, and suggest that there is no precedent for creating such a hardship for a non-principal player in the case.

See their full statement below.

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Thu, 09/04/2008 - 12:55

Lott honors Gorton, challenges Washington to vote McCain

By Bryan Bissell, PolitickerWA.com Reporter

MINNEAPOLIS - Trent Lott, the former Senate Majority Leader from Mississippi, spoke to the Washington delegation this morning with an address full of jokes, old Senate stories, southern military history and recollections of the good times he has spend in Washington state.

He also complimented the Washington delegation on their organization for all getting together in the same room for breakfast.

"We Mississippians just kind of wander around the hotel lobby hung over," he joked.

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Mon, 09/01/2008 - 12:37

Gorton predicts good week, year for GOP

By Bryan Bissell, PolitickerWA.com Reporter

MINNEAPOLIS - Kicking off today's delegate luncheon was a who's who of Washington state Republicans from the past two decades, constituting the party's past and its future.

Long time Secretary of State Ralph Munro, U.S. Sen. Slade Gorton, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Spokane) and Party Chair Luke Esser all gave thanks to the party staff and delegates for their hard work and commitment to coming out to Minnesota to make the convention work.

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Fri, 02/08/2008 - 22:34

McCain Comes to Seattle Seeking GOP Nomination

By Bryan Bissell, PolitickerWA.com Reporter

Seattle, WA -

Flanked by a who's who of Washington State Republicans at the Westin Hotel in Seattle, John McCain addressed a ballroom full of supporters this evening. Attorney General Rob McKenna began the event by telling a story of first meeting McCain in Washington, DC years ago and was astounded to find that McCain was asking him questions about the changes he wanted to see in Washington.

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