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Public lands commissioner: re-elect Peter Goldmark
Clint Didier has accumulated a wealth of information about what he believes are the shortcomings of Public Lands Commissioner Peter Goldmark.
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Send Hewitt, Walsh to Olympia for 16th District
The state Senate race in the newly restructured 16th District pits a relative newcomer against a legislative veteran.
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Romney for President
President Obama inherited a failing economy, and for the past two years he has been saddled with a reluctant Congress.
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Clough can be influential from middle of the road
The race for the state Legislative District 8, Position 1, has an interesting juxtaposition of candidates.
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Return Haler to Olympia to represent 8th District
Richard Reuther told the Tri-City Herald Editorial Board that he had knocked on about 1,000 doors to solicit support for his campaign.
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Doc's experience qualifies him to get things going
Mary Baechler, a Democrat from Yakima, wants to unseat U.S. Rep. Doc Hastings. We're not going to be able to help with that.
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Reject marijuana initiative
If voters judge a ballot measure by its title, they might think Initiative 502 is solely about the freedom to smoke pot.
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Initiative 1185 can help keep lawmakers in check
Tim Eyman is back with another initiative that would require a two-thirds majority in the Legislature or a direct vote of the people to raise taxes. Given the success of virtually identical measures in the past 20 years, it's the surest bet on the ballot.
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Re-elect Brad Owen for lieutenant governor
We wish we didn't have to attach an asterisk to our support for Lt. Gov. Brad Owen's re-election.
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Time to make a change: Baumgartner for Senate
Sen. Maria Cantwell does a good job of representing Tri-City interests in Washington D.C. She understands energy and high-tech industry and agricultural and most of the things that we are and want to be as a state and community.
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Delvin, Jansons make county race tough choice
We've seen equally matched races before. Sometimes it's because both candidates were highly qualified, and other times it's because neither one deserves the office.

