Washington: Washington State Democratic Party

The Washington State Democrats have produced a web video to counter the television ad recently put out by the Republican Governors Association about Gov. Chris Gregoire's tribal gaming negotiations. The Democrats point to a Seattle P-I editorial that calls the ad "almost fact free" and claims the RGA's actions are hypocritical.

[img_assist|nid=1222|title=Automatic delegate Sen. Maria Cantwell|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=132|height=199]With the Democratic National Convention kicking off in just eleven days, the state Democratic Party is doing its part to let Washingtonians know who their delegates are to the big show in Denver.

Solicitor General Maureen Hart wrote a letter Friday on behalf of Secretary of State Sam Reed to lawyers from the state Democratic and Republican Parties sticking up for the legality of the state's "top two" primary. Earlier in the week Democrat David McDonald and Republican John White wrote to Reed suggesting that a 9th Circuit Court injunction banning the primary was still in place despite the Supreme Court's decision that it was facially legal.

Although Governor Chris Gregoire led the May fundraising battle between her and opponent Dino Rossi, $785,000 to $701,000 and the overall matchup $6.8 million to $5.15 million, the Rossi campaign is claiming that it has raised more money, both in May and throughout the campaign, from in-state individuals and businesses.