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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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Still haven’t filled out your ballot? Getting desperate but remain determined to vote? If so, I’ve got a good idea who you won’t be voting for.
Desperate times call for desperate measures. You’ll reach for any information you can get your hands on.
Even if it’s nothing more than the limited information that’s in the state Voters’ Guide.
But there’s more that’s conveyed to you in the few paragraphs they’ve got listed there for each candidate. At this late hour you may not have time to read it all and may base your decisions on other, perhaps more shallow, factors.
And with that we direct you to our short little photo gallery to the right where we’ve posted three mug shots that were submitted by the candidates and appear in the Voter’s Guide. Click on each photo for a close up. Or don't.
The first is of gubernatorial candidate Mohammad Hasan Said. A little advice for the next campaign? Turn that frown upside down.
The second mug is of David Blomstrom, who wants to be your superintendent of public instruction. The production quality is a bit lacking and, to be honest, he looks a bit menacing.
If you get to his Voters' Guide statement you'll be reassured that “I haven’t lost my mind.” (If you’ll check out his website he refers to a former candidate as a “dumbass” and another candidate as a “whore” and “SOB.” Another candidate is referred to as a “whore” and “BS artist” and two others are dismissed as not being “on the map.”)
Again, he’s running to lead this state’s schools system.
Now contrast those two mugs with the sunny one Attorney General Rob McKenna submitted. He looks like he’s done this before.
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