Election

Many Washington state officials and candidates, including U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse, U.S. Senate candidate Tiffany Smiley, and 3rd Congressional District candidate Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, received forgiven federal loans for their businesses or organizations over the pandemic.

Data gaps make relief payments to Washington officials hard to trace

October 17, 2022, 6:03am Clark County Politics

Mark Mullet watched thousands of dollars in ice cream and pizza ingredients go bad when his businesses shut down early in the pandemic. He said his Ben & Jerry’s franchise at Bellevue Square remained closed for months in 2020 while rent, insurance and other expenses kept stacking up. Read story

Washington’s 3rd Congressional district Democratic candidate Marie Glusenkamp Perez and Republican candidate Joe Kent make their way to the stage in front of a full house at the RV Inn Style Resorts in Vancouver, Wash. on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. Kent has raised over 10 times the ammount that the Glusenkamp Perez campaign has so far.

Why aren’t national Dems bankrolling Washington’s 3rd Congressional race?

October 17, 2022, 6:00am Clark County News

One Saturday afternoon last month, Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson stood in a downtown Vancouver brewery wearing a Seattle Mariners jersey and a campaign button made by his daughter in support of congressional candidate Marie Gluesenkamp Perez. It read: “Annoy Trump – Vote Marie.” Read story

The Clark County Public Service Center is pictured in Vancouver on Tuesday, April 14, 2020.

6 Clark County charter amendments on ballot

October 16, 2022, 6:04am Clark County News

Along with the local, state and federal races on the November general election ballot, voters will also decide six proposed amendments to Clark County’s governing charter. The amendments were placed on the ballot by the elected Clark County Charter Review Commission before it disbanded at the end of 2021. Read story

Clark County Councilors Gary Medvigy, left, and Richard Rylander work during a meeting at the Clark County Public Service Center on May 3.

Clark County Council will have new look after election

October 16, 2022, 6:04am Clark County News

With three of the Clark County Council’s five seats on the Nov. 8 ballot, and most of the candidates for the District 1, District 2 and District 5 seats being relative political newcomers, the council convening in January will undoubtedly look and function differently than the current council. Read story

FILE - Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash., speaks as the House of Representatives debates the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump at the Capitol in Washington on Dec. 18, 2019. Newhouse was one of 10 Republicans who voted to impeach Trump last year, and is one of only two to beat back GOP challengers this year.

Can Newhouse hold on to Washington’s most conservative congressional district?

October 16, 2022, 6:01am Election

In his nearly eight years representing central Washington in the House, Dan Newhouse has fended off challengers from across the political spectrum and carved out a niche as a pragmatic lawmaker more interested in policy than bluster. Read story

Candidates Kent, Perez make their case in Vancouver debate

Democratic candidate for Washington's 3rd Congressional District Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, right, looks skyward while Republican candidate Joe Kent gives his closing remarks on Saturday during a debate at the Vancouver Community Library.

On a Saturday afternoon in a crowded library room, Southwest Washington’s congressional candidates sat shoulder to shoulder to argue why they should represent the region and contest the other’s “magical thinking.” Read story

Kent, Perez face off in League of Women Voters debate in Vancouver

Third Congressional District candidates Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, left, and Joe Kent (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian)

October 15, 2022, 1:30pm Clark County News Free

Third Congressional District candidates Republican Joe Kent and Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez are facing off in a debate weeks in advance of the Nov. 8 general election. The event, hosted by regional League of Women Voters chapters, begins at 2 p.m. today. Read story

Clark Public Utilities commissioner candidates split on path to climate goals

Nancy Barnes and Don Steinke will advance to the general election Public Utility District No. 1 of Clark County Commissioner, District No. 2.

With aggressive state requirements to become greenhouse gas emissions neutral, the future for Clark Public Utilities is green. The question is, how will the utility do it? That’s a topic the two vying for a seat on the utility’s commission were asked to speak to. Read story

Impeachment vote gives Dems chance at 3rd District House seat

Republican Joe Kent, left, and Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez wait before taking the stage for a debate in the race for the 3rd Congressional District, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, in Vancouver, Wash. Kent and Perez are battling for the newly open in seat in the southwest corner of the state after incumbent Republican Jaime Herrera Buetler was ousted in the primary.

A vote to impeach former President Donald Trump led to an outcome Washington Democrats had unsuccessfully sought for years: the ousting of long-time Republican U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler from her seat representing the southwest corner of the state. Read story