HorsesAss.Org (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Washington State Republican Party chair Luke Esser explaining Susan Hutchison’s lopsided loss in the King County executive race… “King County is a tough place to do business if you’re not a left-wing Democrat,” Esser said. “Inside the city of Seattle I could probably bring Abraham Lincoln back from the dead and he wouldn’t win…you’ve got to have...
Strange Bedfellows (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
In a post-Election Day conference call with reporters, state Republican Chairman Luke Esser summed up his party's problems in the county where nearly one in three Washingtonians live.
Thurston Republicans Blog (Free subscription) | 08/07/2009
For Immediate Release Contact: Patrick Bell, www.wsrp.org August 6, 2009 Paranoia Will Destroy Ya… Brian Baird Sees Brown Shirts In His Sleep, And We’re Not Talking About UPS Delivery Men “What we’re seeing right now is close to Brown Shirt tactics. I mean that very seriously.” --Brian Baird, The Columbian, Aug. 6, 2009 “It’s hard to tell which is more ridiculous:...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 02/26/2009
Jenny Durkan, a prominent Seattle defense attorney and longtime friend and confidante of Gov. Christine Gregoire, has been recommended to the White House as the next U.S. Attorney for Western Washington.
HorsesAss.Org (Free subscription) | 01/26/2009
By any measure, Washington state Dems have done well under Dwight Pelz’s chairmanship. Under his leadership WA Dems have won high-profile US Senate and gubernatorial races, taken back the Commissioner of Public Lands office in a closely contested race, and built near supermajorities in both house’s of the state legislature. Meanwhile, party coffers have been relatively flush, and voter...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 01/25/2009
Dwight Pelz has turned back a challenger to win re-election as Washington Democratic party chairman, and Luke Esser has won re-election to a second two-year term as head of the state Republicans.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 01/25/2009
OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Dwight Pelz has turned back a challenger to win re-election as Washington Democratic party chairman, and Luke Esser has won re-election to a second two-year term as head of the state Republicans.
ChooseTheHero.com (Free subscription) | 01/22/2009
RNC Winter Meeting, 2009 In one week, the Republican National Committee will be meeting to select their new chairperson. If you have a preference, now is the time to make it known to your state’s committee members. For Washington State, the committee members are: WSRP State Chairman, Luke Esser. Luke is on Twitter @LukeEsser or can be reached [...]
ChooseTheHero.com (Free subscription) | 11/30/2008
Washington National RNC Members As much information as I could glean in 24 hours. It ain’t much, but it’s all I’ve got. Luke Esser, Bellevue, King County Jeff Kent, Bellingham (??), Whatcom County Fredi Simpson, Wenatchee, Chelan County Luke Esser State Chairman, WA Republican State Committee PRESENT -State Chairman, Washington State Republican Party, elected January 27, 2007 -Attorney...
ChooseTheHero.com (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
Washington State GOP Post-Election Update WSRP Chair, Luke Esser, recently sent an update on the outcome of the election. Washington Republicans fared quite well, actually, considering it was a blue tidal wave year. An excerpt. 1) We increased the number of Republicans in the State Senate for the first time since 2002. 2) We increased the number of Republicans in the [...]
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
Two bitter, all-Democrat legislative races were finally heading toward resolution late Tuesday night, with Reuven Carlyle and John Burbank in the 36th District and Gerry Pollet and Scott White in the 46th District awaiting the results.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/01/2008
Four years after a historically close governor's contest exposed a bundle of electoral mishaps, the Evergreen State's political machinery is busy encouraging friendly voters, flagging questionable registrations and lawyering up for the last big push through Election Day.
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 10/30/2008
ISSAQUAH, Wash., Oct. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Candidates from around the State of Washington are flocking to participate in a new Web site that allows them to be seen via video directly to voters around the State. WaVoterGuide.com is the nation's first video voter guide offering any local candidate the chance to speak directly via video to local voters. Launching statewide in the 2008 November election,...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 10/28/2008
If there's one number that haunts Democrats and Republicans in the final week of this election, it's 133. That's the margin of victory for Gov. Christine Gregoire over Dino Rossi four years ago.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 10/21/2008
SEATTLE -- The woman in charge of elections in Pierce County, auditor Pat McCarthy, included a note to voters in their ballot envelopes this year, asking for feedback about the county's new election system.
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