Back in 2008, Republican Bill Sali was the incumbent and his challenger, Democrat Walt Minnick, was targeting Sali's spokesman Wayne Hoffman. Hoffman was drawing a federal salary as Sali's congressional office press spokesman. He was also working on Sali's campaign - and it was tough to tell when [...]
... Challenger Jim Brannon is, indeed, seeking to annul the entire Coeur d'Alene City Council election of Nov. 3, from Mayor Sandi Bloem's victory over Joe Kunka, to the three council races that were won by the incumbents. City Attorney Mike Gridley, who said he's still trying to digest the lawsuit filed' [...]
Jim Brannon is challenging Coeur d'Alene's Nov. 3 election, alleging that inadmissible ballots were counted in his five-vote loss to Seat 2 City Council incumbent Mike Kennedy. If the challenge is successful, a judge will decide what happens next. Represented by attorney Starr Kelso, of Kelso Law Office,' [...]
Today's the day that local political buffs have anticipated since it became apparent that challenger Jim Brannon wasn't in a hurry to ask for a recount in his 5-vote loss to incumbent Mike Kennedy. Brannon has until closing time this afternoon to make a formal request for the recount. Then,' [...]
As you know, Jim Brannon has until 5 p.m. today to ask the state for an official recount of his 5-vote loss to incumbent Mike Kennedy in the Nov. 3 Coeur d'Alene municipal election. Also, those who may seek to challenge the election entirely have the same deadline for filing' [...]
We'll have to wait until Monday to see if challenger Jim Brannon is going to file a request for a recount in his 5-vote loss to incumbent Mike Kennedy in their Coeur d'Alene City Council race. Or to see if there's some kind of attempt to overthrow the election results [...]
We have Turkey Day dead ahead, as Huckleberries prepares to enjoy a short week with the rest of you Merry Hucksters. But that doesn't mean that we're in vacation mode yet. Time is ticking on challenger Jim Brannon's decision to ask for a recount in his five-vote loss to incumbent [...]
In this week's story about a possible challenge next year to House Speaker Frank Chopp, I wrote:
Progressives have tried to knock off a moderate-leaning incumbent from Seattle before. In 2004, labor unions targeted pro-choice Democrat Helen Sommers in the primary because she failed to halt corporate tax breaks and [...]
A Moore Information survey released last week shows challenger Dino Rossi leading incumbent Christine Gregoire 48% to 42% in the 2008 gubernatorial contest, prompting the pollsters to speculate about the Washington state GOP’s rising prospects:
The fact that Rossi leads in this match-up is interesting and encouraging for Republicans in [...]
Coeur d'Alene City Clerk Susan Weathers tells Huckleberries Online that challenger Jim Brannon still hasn't filed a request for a recount in his 5-vote loss to incumbent Councilman Mike Kennedy Nov. 3. Brannon has until Nov. 30 to file for a recount. Meanwhile, Gary Ingram submitted a request for a [...]
Only one year after Barack Obama’s “change we can believe in” election, and in the midst of a crushing economic recession that has caused home prices to plummet, unemployment to spike, and state and local budgets to plunge into nearly unprecedented crisis, you might have expected incumbents to face more [...]
In this year's City Council Position 6 race, King County Parks employee Jessie Israel took on a huge challenge: unseating beloved lefty Nick Licata, a councilmember since 1998. But armed with a working knowledge of city government and a promise to be more open to big business than the incumbent, [...]
Former U.S. Marine Jay Clough will announce his candidacy tomorrow for Washington’s 4th Congressional District, currently held by Republican incumbent Rep. Doc Hastings.
“I expect our Representative in this district to work harder. As I traveled throughout the district in the last few months, I heard over and over that people [...]
Some expected this election to express the voter's desire for sweeping change, but in Washington, that wasn't the case. Voters in Seattle cast their votes for change in the dog days of August when they ousted two-term incumbent mayor Greg Nickels in the primary, but by fall, the electorate was' [...]
