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Local elections take shape

June 10, 2008

By Staff

Filing deadlines passed for Washington’s elections and the ballot is brimming with would-be leaders.

This year, the state will implement its top-two primary system. The two candidates who receive the most votes on primary day will move on to the general election, regardless of party affiliation.

Some pundits say this will result in some districts with only a single party showing up on the November ballot, but some surprises could be in store for candidates who perform better (or worse) than expected during the August 19 primary.

For a complete list of candidates across the state, and locally, visit http://wei.secstate.wa.gov/osos/en/candidatefiling/Pages/CandidatesWhoHaveFiled.aspx.

Some key local races:

Governor

Chris Gregoire (Democratic) (Incumbent); Dino Rossi (Republican); Will Baker (Reform); Duff Badgley (Green); John W. Aiken, Jr. (Republican); Christian Pierre Joubert (Democratic); Christopher A Tudor (no party); Javier O. Lopez (Republican); Mohammad Hasan Said (no party); James White (Independent).

8th Congressional district

Dave Reichert (Republican) (Incumbent); Darcy Burner (Democratic); Bloeslaw (John) Orlinski (no party); Richard Todd (no party); James Vaughn (Democratic); Keith Arnold (Democratic).

5th Legislative District

State Senate: Cheryl Pflug (Republican) (Incumbent); Phyllis Huster (Democratic); Sterling Strickland (Republican).

Representative 1: Jay Rodne (Republican) (Incumbent); Jon Viebrock (Democratic).

Representative 2: Glenn Anderson (Republican) (Incumbent); David Spring (Democratic).

45th Legislative District

Representative 1: Roger Goodman (Democratic) (Incumbent); Toby Nixon (Republican)

Representative 2: Larry Springer (Democratic) (Incumbent); Kevin Haistings (Republican).

Written by Staff · Filed Under Local News 

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