Washington: Top Two Primary

The Washington State Democratic Party has filed a lawsuit in the King County Superior Court seeking to declare that Dino Rossi's preference of the "G.O.P. Party" is illegal in Washington state.

The suit seeks to require Secreatary of State Sam Reed to "distribute an amended certified list of gubernatorial candidatesthat, in accordance with the law, accurately identifies Rossi's party preference as the Washington State Republican Party."

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.

MINNEAPOLIS - Rep. Dave Reichert (R-Auburn) has consistently shown up on lists of vulnerable Republican House incumbents in 2008, just two years removed from a close race in 2006 in a district that voted for John Kerry. Among those is the Pindell Report, which showed Reichert's rematch with Democrat Darcy Burner as the country's most competitive.

David Ammons, the long time Associated Press reporter turned communications director for Secretary of State Sam Reed, has sent out a press release highlighting what the office sees as the major stories in the first ever top two primary.

The release, seen here, focuses on the races around the state that either led to a slate of all Republicans or all Democrats in the general election, or those that allowed a minor party candidate into the top two.