Local Politics

Well, I was a bit stunned by the results of all the races. It would appear that Clark County is becoming more and more a purple district. The races were extremely close. It seemed apparent that the national wave had a great impact on local races as well.

November 4th General Election Ballot Return Count

Here are the numbers for today:


November 4, 2008
General Election


Total Ballots Mailed

214,559
Voted Ballots Rec'd Daily
Oct 17 482
Oct 20 1,715
Oct 21 12,172
Oct 22 6,944
Oct 23 13,889

Total Ballots Received 35,202

Here are the websites of some of our local candidates to help aid in the local research:
17th District
For Senator
Senator Don Benton
David Carrier
For Representative Position 1
Tim Probst
Joseph James
For Representative Position 2
Micheline Doan
Deb Wallace
18th District
For Senator
Joe Zarelli
Jon Haugen
For Representative
Jaime Herrera
VaNessa Duplessie
Ed Orcutt
Jonathan Fant

Sarah Palin on SNL

This was kind of funny...





Here are the websites of some of our local candidates to help aid in the local research:
17th District
For Senator
Senator Don Benton
David Carrier
For Representative Position 1
Tim Probst
Joseph James
For Representative Position 2
Micheline Doan
Deb Wallace
18th District
For Senator
Joe Zarelli
Jon Haugen
For Representative
Jaime Herrera
VaNessa Duplessie
Ed Orcutt
Jonathan Fant

Clark County Vancouver Washington Ballot Returns for Nov 4 General Election

Here are the ballot return numbers for today:

November 4, 2008
General Election

Total Ballots Mailed

214,559

Voted Ballots Rec'd Daily
Oct 17 482
Oct 20 1,715
Oct 21 12,172
Oct 22 6,944
Oct 23 13,889

Data from http://www.clark.wa.gov/elections/documents/ballot%20returns/BallotReturns2008Nov.html

Here are the websites of some of our local candidates to help aid in the local research:
17th District
For Senator
Senator Don Benton
David Carrier
For Representative Position 1
Tim Probst
Joseph James
For Representative Position 2
Micheline Doan
Deb Wallace
18th District
For Senator
Joe Zarelli
Jon Haugen
For Representative
Jaime Herrera
VaNessa Duplessie
Ed Orcutt
Jonathan Fant

Clark County November 4th General Election Ballot Return Count

Here are the ballot return numbers for today:

November 4, 2008
General Election

Total Ballots Mailed

212,482

Voted Ballots Rec'd Daily
Oct 17 482
Oct 20 1,715
Oct 21 12,169

Total Received 14,366

Data from http://www.clark.wa.gov/elections/documents/ballot%20returns/BallotReturns2008Nov.html

Here are the websites of some of our local candidates to help aid in the local research:
17th District
For Senator
Senator Don Benton
David Carrier
For Representative Position 1
Tim Probst
Joseph James
For Representative Position 2
Micheline Doan
Deb Wallace
18th District
For Senator
Joe Zarelli
Jon Haugen
For Representative
Jaime Herrera
VaNessa Duplessie
Ed Orcutt
Jonathan Fant

Negative Politicking On the Rise

It looks like the Negative Politickers are continuing their campaign. I received another supposedly "negative" ad on Senator Don Benton today. I say supposedly because I don't see anything wrong with accepting money from most of the organizations listed on that particular mailer. I shop at most of the businesses listed. Many are here locally. It seemed like a positive piece until I saw that there was a picture of Benton's opponent on the other side. And how are companies like Les Schwab and Stimac Construction special interests?

So, my victim count by the negative politickers thickens. I think there have been 3 or 4 attacks on Benton. And I heard that another attack piece just came out on Mielke--I haven't seen this one yet though. These attacks seem to be coming from only the left field. Why have they stooped to negative politics instead of focusing on the issues?

I'm still waiting to see a hit piece on someone running on the Democrat ticket--It seems odd that the Republicans are taking the beating and not pushing back. But I like this. As I've said, I do not like negative politickers.

We can see evidence that negative politicking only turns people off--as in the presidential election. Also, people that I have talked with about politics are fed up with those who stoop to the level of attacks--both in the mail and through other means, like breaking signs or worse yet, destroying personal property simply because someone places a political sign in their yard.

As usual, here are the websites of some of our local candidates to help aid in the local research:
17th District
For Senator
Senator Don Benton
David Carrier


For Representative Position 1
Tim Probst
Joseph James

For Representative Position 2
Micheline Doan
Deb Wallace

18th District
For Senator
Joe Zarelli
Jon Haugen

For Representative
Jaime Herrera
VaNessa Duplessie

Ed Orcutt
Jonathan Fant

Clark County Ballot Results For November 4th General Election

Clark County ballots: returned as of today for the November 4th General Election

November 4, 2008
General Election

Total Ballots Mailed

212,482

Voted Ballots Rec'd Daily
Oct 17 482
Oct 20 1,715
Data from http://www.clark.wa.gov/elections/documents/ballot%20returns/BallotReturns2008Nov.html

Here are the websites of some of our local candidates to help aid in the local research:
17th District
For Senator
David Carrier
Senator Don Benton

For Representative Position 1
Tim Probst
Joseph James

For Representative Position 2
Micheline Doan
Deb Wallace

18th District
For Senator
Joe Zarelli
Jon Haugen

For Representative
Jaime Herrera
VaNessa Duplessie

Ed Orcutt
Jonathan Fant