Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 08/02/2008
Former Snohomish County sheriff Rick Bart is struggling to raise enough money to keep his campaign afloat in his race against U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen for the 2nd Congressional District seat.
Washington Outsiders (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
→ The latest FEC filings are in and the Everett Heralds Jerry Cornfield reports that WA-02 Congressman Rick Larsen (D) is doin' fine with his re-election campaign beginning July with $614,532 on hand, while his challenger(?) Rick Bart has zip... zilch... zero in his campaign coffers. I reckon former county Sheriff Bart has had a fair amount of trouble corrallin' that posse he was braggin' he'd
Washington Outsiders (Free subscription) | 06/21/2008
- Among those Democrats who opposed immunity for the telecomm's and stood up for the rule of law, equal justice and the Constitution was our own Democratic Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02). Today in the House of Representatives, "The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act update passed 293-129, with support from just 107 Democrats. Opposing the measure were 128 Democrats and one Republican, Rep
Northwest Progressive Institute (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
It's filing week in Washington State and already a significant number of candidates have turned in their paperwork to run for office. Here's a quick roundup of the important races. First, federal: Rick Bart has filed to run against Congressman Rick Larsen in the 2nd Congressional District. Cheryl Crist is challenging Congressman Brian Baird in the 3rd Congressional District. (Note that Crist is a Democrat,...
Washington Outsiders (Free subscription) | 05/30/2008
we had a really nice time kicking off Rick's campaign. Harriet Spanel did a wonderful introduction and pledged her support. 3 candidates for Harriet's State Senate seat, open as she steps down, were present: Ken Henderson, Kevin Rancor and Stephanie Kountouros more video to come
Washblog - Front Page (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
Cross-posted Here So on Tuesday I came home to what I thought must have been a prank call on my answering machine. A man who identified himself as Rep. Rick Larsen (WA 2nd CD) left a message asking for my support at the upcoming 2nd CD "Nominating Convention" on Saturday. The reason I suspected a prank call was that most folks that know me, including (I assumed) Congressman Larsen know that, even if...
Washington Outsiders (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Republican candidate Rick Bart has criticizing Democratic Congressman Rick Larsen (WA-02)... for endorsing Obama or for being in Congress or something? Barts press-release takes a bizarre stance, saying; "The reality is that Americans no longer trust Congress. The best hope we have for a better future is to change Congress". It's bizarre because he's making a great argument for sending more
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
The endorsement of Congressmen Rick Larsen for Barack Obama gives the Democratic presidential contender five of Washington's 17 superdelegates.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
SEATTLE -- The endorsement of Congressmen Rick Larsen for Barack Obama gives the Democratic presidential contender five of Washington's 17 superdelegates.
Political Ticker (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Obama met with several undecided superdelegates on Capitol Hill Thursday. (CNN) — Barack Obama won two more superdelegate endorsements Thursday, narrowing his deficit with Hillary Clinton to seven. North Carolina Rep. Brad Miller and Washington Rep. Rick Larsen both announced they will cast their superdelegate votes for the Illinois senator. "The decision was not easy," Miller, a [...]
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Wash., said he's a Democratic superdelegate committed to Sen. Barack Obama.
Politics1 (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
OBAMA LANDS TWO MORE SUPERS; CONGRESSMAN FOSSELLA, OHIO A.G. SINKING IN SEX SCANDALS; ... AND HOW BIG OF A TENT? P2008 - DEMS. Barack Obama landed two more superdelegates on Thursday: Congressmen Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Brad Miller (D-NC). The Larsen endorsement came after Obama paid a surprise visit to the House floor. No new supers on Thursday for Hillary Clinton. NEW YORK. Congressman Vito Fossella...
Donklephant (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
First it was Rep. Brad Miller from North Carolina and now Rep. Rick Larsen from Washington. The Hill has the details… Sen. Barack Obama’s (D-Ill.) surprise visit Thursday to the House floor has already paid dividends in the form of a superdelegate endorsement. Rep. Rick Larsen (D-Wash.) announced, after meeting with Obama at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee [...]
Mayor Sam's Sister City (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
CNN is reporting that Barack Obama won two more superdelegate endorsements Thursday, narrowing his deficit with Hillary Clinton to seven. North Carolina Representative Brad Miller and Representative Rick Larsen of Washington both jumped on the Obama train Thursday. Do you think the Clinton... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Slog (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
From the PI : Barack Obama picked up another superdelegate from Washington state Thursday when Rep. Rick Larsen announced his support for the Democratic presidential candidate. "I believe that Sen. Obama is frankly the best candidate," Larsen said. "This week Sen. Obama has proven he is tough and resilient." Frankly, Rick, you're a little late. Your constituents came to that conclusionObama is the...
