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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 ends for you here...
— Rich Roesler reported yesterday in the Spokesman-Review that the two dozen legislators who are running unopposed this year have raised more than $1.8 million for their campaigns. Some of that cash will end up being routed to their caucus campaign committee so it can be spent in competitive districts.
— Secretary of State Sam Reed was ridiculed in some sectors for predicting a 46 percent turnout in the August primary. And while it’s true turnout never met his expectation late arriving ballots pushed it to 42.6 percent. Coulda been worse.
Turnout was highest in Columbia County, where 66.6 percent of registered voters cast ballots. Turnout was lowest in King County, where just 34.9 percent turned out. That might help explain a few things.
— Proving once again it’s never too late to kick off a campaign that’s been running for seemingly forever, Gov. Chris Gregoire’s camp sent out a fundraising appeal this week asking supporters to “help us kickoff our General Election campaign!”
And here I thought we were somewhere in the third quarter.
UPDATE: Andrew Garber has an outstanding story in today’s Seattle Times in which he lays out positions held by Gregoire and Republican challenger Dino Rossi on abortion, stem cell research, assisted suicide, capital punishment and other social issues. You can find it here.
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