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Chris Mulick has worked for the Herald since 1998 and has served as the statehouse correspondent covering state government and politics since 2000. He works year-round out of the Herald's Olympia bureau on the state Capitol campus. Have a question? Send Chris an e-mail and he'll answer the best questions regularly. |
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closeA few odds and/or ends here.
— The Green Party’s Howard Pellett of Anacortes has signed up to run against Rep. Jeff Morris, D-Mount Vernon, and he's in for an uphill battle. Besides the fact that no third party candidate has been elected to the Legislature since 1926 Pellett has opted to mini-report, meaning he’ll raise and spend no more than $3,500 on his campaign.
Pellett ran for a seat on the Skagit County Commission in 2004 and got just 6 percent of the vote.
— Kent’s Glenn Freeman has jumped into the race for state Auditor representing the Constitution Party. He also is mini-reporting. So far he’s the only challenger to Democratic incumbent Brian Sonntag.
— The Columbian is reporting that Democrat Martin Hash has dropped his bid to unseat Sen. Don Benton, R-Vancouver, in the 17th Legislative District. That’s news because Hash had committed to spend $100,000 of his own money on the race against Benton, a skilled fundraiser.
That leaves the Democratic hopes to David Carrier, who had raised $884.09 as of April 30. Benton, who hasn’t yet filed a monthly summary report, has previously reported having raised in the neighborhood of $130,000.
— Jerry Cornfield reports that Rep. Marko Liias, D-Mukilteo, will not be challenged by fellow Democrat Darrell Chapman when he faces 21st District voters for the first time in August. Chapman also had campaigned for the appointment to the House seat in January but lost out to Liias.
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