If youre a candidate for statewide office this fall and your name isnt Chris Gregoire or Dino Rossi you might feel like your campaign is getting a little ignored.
Races for public lands commissioner, superintendent of public instruction, treasurer, secretary of state, auditor, Lieutenant governor, insurance commissioner and even attorney general struggle to gain attention. Television and radio blow them off altogether.
Even newspapers struggle to find space and time to report on the races repeatedly.
Thats why its worth noting that TVWs Inside Olympia program has begun a series of interviews with candidates for each of these offices and is archiving the shows on its website.
It began the series last week with the race for insurance commissioner and will debut interviews with candidates for another office each week through Oct. 30.
Here's the full schedule.
Sept. 4: Insurance Commissioner candidates Mike Kreidler and John Adams
Sept. 11: Lieutenant Governor candidates Brad Owen and Marcia McCraw
Sept. 18: State Auditor candidates Brian Sonntag and Dick McEntee
Sept. 25: Secretary of State candidates Sam Reed and Jason Osgood
Oct. 2: Commissioner of Public Lands candidates Doug Sutherland and Peter Goldmark
Oct 9: State Treasurer candidates Allan Martin and Jim McIntire
Oct 16: Superintendent of Public Instruction candidates Terry Bergeson and Randy Dorn
Oct 23: Attorney General candidates Rob McKenna and John Ladenburg
Oct 30: Governor candidates Chris Gregoire and Dino Rossi
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