Who the hell goes to party meetings in December?
For the first time in a long, long time, I did Monday night, here in Vancouver.
Ken at NPI Advocate notes that activist Maria Rodriguez-Salazar has announced she is running for what will be an open seat in WA-03.
Rodriguez-Salazar came to the Clark County Democrats’ meeting Monday night and spoke briefly to the group. At one point she referred to herself as a “Blue Dog.”
And check out this bit from the KATU story linked above:
Being the mother of three children gives Rogriguez-Salazar the drive to choose “focus on the family” as her political platform.
Heh, I think that’s already copyrighted. Or maybe not, but it’s a hell of a catchy slogan. I don’t know quite what to make of a Blue Dogging, focusing on the family candidate.
Denny Heck, the former legislator and TVW founder, sent a representative in the person of attorney Jim Luce, who read a prepared statement. Heck is also pondering a run.
Rep. Deb Wallace, D-Vancouver (17th LD,) also spoke and compared the 17th District to the 3rd Congressional district as a whole, emphasizing the need to grow jobs. Wallace was very gracious about the fact that there are going to be lots of candidates.
An official from the 49th District Democrats confirmed that Sen. Craig Pridemore, D-Vancouver (49th LD,) is definitely running.
The open seat at the Congressional level is opening up races further down-ticket, and there were several possible legislative candidates present. One to keep an eye on is Monica Stonier in the 17th LD, who has announced for Wallace’s seat. A middle school teacher, Stonier was an Obama delegate to the national convention last year. She also has a pretty decent speaking style and likely pretty extensive community connections, from both the education and the political worlds.
There are also strong rumors of a well-known Republican personality getting into the race as early as today.
Rodriguez-Salazar a ‘Blue Dog’? ‘Red Herring’ sounds more like it.
What’s with you ending all your posts with these titillating teasers. Just name the guy, it’s not like this site has any journalistic standards anyway.
Regardless, I’m assuming you’re talking about Lars Larson. (What other “well known Republican” is there in this state?) Although I’m not sure it’s common knowledge that he lives in the ‘Couv.
Also, are you saying the Republican “personality” is going to run in CD-03 or LD-17? You just say “the race,” but you talked about both of them before that.
Seems like a good thing. After all those calls to “Get Active”, people are. Maybe this will shake out in a more progressive democrat getting the position.
@2–I was referring to the 3rd CD race. Thanks for the journalism tips! Next time a write something for fucking free, not because I’m some paid corporate whore, I’ll be sure to remember them.
@4: Looks like Goldy agreed with me, supra
Nice scoop Goldy!
Found this on Denny Heck who remains an active adviser to the present Governor and has earned what will prove a strong base among democrats both in Olympia where he lives and in Vancouver where he served his ten years in the house.
At age 24 he was elected to the first of five terms on the State House of Representatives where he became co-chair of the Education Committee and also served as majority leader. He also was Gov. Booth Gardner’s chief of staff from 1989 to 1993.
Any schmuck can “announce” that they’re going to run for the seat – at least half of the names out there are non-starters who will pull back once the serious heavy-hitters are known.
Stonier is a fringe-leftist whack job who was an Obama supporting partisan. Anyone tied to Obama in 2010 would have a better chance if they had leprosy.
She’s toast in the 17th.
Wallace is out before she starts because of her moronic position on the bridge that no one using it wants along with wasting $100,000,000 on pre-ordained outcome “studies”; Pridemore is out because he gerrymandered a Ctrans bill for light rail; cut his buddy Steve “Bought and Paid for by the Casino” Stuart a huge break on campaign funding, and because he stupidly told the world that the 05 budget was “balanced on the backs of the poor and powerless….” right before he voted for it.
This ain’t rocket science, Jon, and going around telling us that we should put common sense aside as to who can and cannot win this thing doesn’t make it so.
Caveat: Given the top-two primary system, a wealth of D’s in the primary might mean a choice of two R’s on the general election ballot.
Wallace may be out for another reason, though we’ll wait awhile before getting too specific. It’s a humdinger.