In a predictable move, state Rep. Jaime Herrera, R-18th LD, announced she is running for Congress in WA-03 within hours of incumbent Brian Baird’s announcement that he will not run again.
Herrera took office in the 18th after former Rep. Richard Curtis stepped down in the wake of an unseemly [...]
This move on his part makes some sense out of his erratic behavior of late.
So who is going to run to replace him? The Republicans are ecstatic. Unless the Democratic Congress can fix the economy and health care very quickly, the gains seen in 2006 and 2008 will [...]
U.S. Congressman Brian Baird (WA-03), who has recently become a favorite punching bag of local progressives (you know who I’m talking about, Jon), just announced that he will not seek reelection in 2010.
The time has now come to pursue other options, other ways of serving. Hence, I am announcing [...]
Baird has "no comment?"
Well, okay, this is not a secret if you follow Washington politics, but it’s worth bringing up right now.
According to Open Secrets, Rep. Brian Baird’s (D-WA-03) top three metro areas for donations last cycle, excluding PAC contributions, are Portland-Vancouver, Seattle-Bellevue-Everett and Washington, D.C.
And it sounds like [...]
Local blogger extraordinaire, Chris Bassett, was quoted in an Oregonian (Mapes on Politics) article about Clark County politics and the increasingly odd behavior of the 3rd District Representative Brian Baird.
Former Democratic activist Chris Bassett, whose blog on Clark County politics I discovered today, points [...]
Take a good look at this snippet of map, from a larger map put together by The New York Times.
It's a reminder that in the historic House vote on health insurance reform over the weekend, only one Democratic Congressman from Washington State voted no:
Posted by news intern Garrett McCulloch
One Step Closer: 219 Democrats and one Republican pass House health care reform bill. Rep. Brian Baird offers a half-assed explanation of his no vote, the only from a Democrat representing Washington state.
The Suspect: Alleged cop-killer appears to have kept guns and [...]
It's happening now, and when it's finished—probably later today—it's likely that the U.S. House of Representatives will have made history, passing* a huge health insurance reform bill that includes a public option.
Follow it here, here, and here.
*Without the help of Washington Democrat Brian Baird.
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Democratic Rep. Brian Baird (WA-03) says he’ll vote against health care reform, no word on Rep. Adam Smith (WA-09). Brad Shannon has the story, along with a statement from Dwight Pelz encouraging members of the delegation to support reform.
Baird cited, among other things, wanting more information from CBO. Okay [...]
Office of Brian BairdBrian Baird, the Democratic congressman from Vancouver, Washington, says he's going to vote against his party's landmark health insurance reform bill this weekend (or, perhaps, early next week). Why?
Until more information is available on premium estimates and Medicare impacts, I will vote [...]
Wow, now this has certainly raised the stakes in Northwest Congressional elections.
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