Candidate for Washington State governor Congressman Jay Inslee (D-Wash.) will soon be getting a fundraising boost from none other than disgraced former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer (D), also known as “Client No. 9” in a federal investigation of a high-class prostitution ring, multiple news sources in New York are reporting Friday. Spitzer’s uptown Manhattan gathering for Inslee is the

With jobs and the economy topping the concerns of Washington state residents, Congressman Jay Inslee recently unveiled his proposal to create “a new economy for Washington” which he hopes will put the state “at the forefront of a clean energy revolution in job creation.” His proposals echo much of what he wrote in his co-authored book Apollo’s Fire. Outlining his

As the 2012 campaign season ramps up, the gubernatorial race here in Washington between Republican Rob McKenna and Democrat Progressive Jay Inslee is already in full swing. One area that both campaigns have taken to in attempting to get their message out to voters is new media, especially the realms of Facebook and Twitter. Curiously enough, I, as an almost

With less than 10 months left for Democratic Congressman Jay Inslee to convince voters to make him the next governor of Washington, the clock is ticking for the candidate to reveal details for his plan to run the state, including proposals for the creation of green jobs and targeted education spending. If he intends to help his party hold the

Washington Attorney General and Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob McKenna has an early lead against Democratic opponent Congressman Jay Inslee, but the McKenna campaign has no intention of sitting on an advantage by ducking debates or playing it safe. Earlier Monday, the Inslee campaign made public its proposal for a relatively modest schedule of six debates, a pitch that also included

Former V.P. Al Gore will be in town this Wednesday to support Jay Inslee’s campaign for governor and he has praise for Inslee’s book on the green economy, “Apollo’s Fire.” Gore called the book, “one of the best books out there” on creating a so-called “green” economy. The question is whether Gore has actually read it. Published just a few

[Update: Comments from WSRP Chairman Kirby Wilbur added at bottom.] On Thursday’s announcement by Gov. Christine Gregoire of a late November special legislative session to resolve the state’s $1.5 billion budget woes, Republicans and Democrats in the Legislature traded opening statements in the press, and the candidates for governor added their own comments. Congressman and Democratic candidate for governor Jay

The results of a poll released Monday on the 2011 and 2012 elections may be proof positive that Washington State is still every bit the eclectic grab bag that political junkies have come to know and expect. Though the poll conducted last week by the bipartisan political consulting firm Strategies 360 found Washington State’s skin is still a reliable shade

Congressman and candidate for Washington State governor Jay Inslee (D-Wash.) has refunded more than $32,000 in contributions from his gubernatorial campaign account, according to the Associated Press. Two weeks ago, NW Daily Marker was the first to report that several donors to Inslee’s campaign had given more than the maximum amount allowed during an election cycle. The overlimit donations were

On Friday, congressman and Democratic candidate for governor Jay Inslee disclosed the details of a near-$200,000 rollover from his federal campaign fund, a transaction completed at the end of June. The Republican candidate in the race, Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna, called the transfer into question on several grounds, precipitating a partial reversal of the Public Disclosure Commission’s earlier

The astonishingly poor performance of a “green jobs” program in Seattle should raise serious concerns about other proposals to channel public funds toward risky efforts to further inflate the green economy bubble such as candidate for Washington State Governor Jay Inslee’s plan to use public pension funds for investment in high-risk green startups. Seattlepi.com reported Tuesday that a $20 million

How will unions be playing ball during the next election and budgeting cycle? If the resolutions recently adopted by the Washington State Labor Council are any indication, somewhere between hard and very hard. At the WSLC’s annual convention held August 4th-6th in Seatac, Wash., the “voice of labor” in the state of Washington took a sharp left in terms of

By a vote of 269-161 Monday, the House passed the Budget Control Act in an effort to avert the impending federal cash flow crisis. The bill now moves to the U.S. Senate where debate has already begun in advance of a noon Tuesday vote requiring 60 votes for passage and to move the measure to the President’s desk for an

UPDATE: Added comments from the McKenna campaign below the main post. It’s been a bumpy week for campaigns on both sides of the political fence in the Washington state governors race, one that Politico ranked today as the top most competitive gubernatorial race in the nation. Though Politico gave Democratic contender and 1st District Congressman Jay Inslee the edge in

The books are closed on June 2011 in the Washington State Governor’s race and according to filings with the Washington State Public Disclosure Commission, Republican candidate Rob McKenna raised slightly more than $154,000 in the first official month of the campaign than Democrat Jay Inslee. The total amount raised by McKenna last month was $667,290 compared to Inslee’s $513,000, though

As Congressman Jay Inslee (D-Wash.) and Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna (R) heat up their campaigns to win the race for governor in 2012, one valuable piece of territory will be the expanding virtual landscape of social network such as Facebook and Twitter. So, who is winning the social networking game since Inslee’s June 27th announcement? In the early

Jay Inslee, candidate for governor, proposed using pension money to fund startups. The Seattle Times pointed out a glaring problem with this idea, saying, “his proposal to use part of public employees’ pension money as financial kindling to light a fire under ‘startup innovative companies’ abounds with unnecessary risk.” Most people realize that startups have a higher-than-90% failure rate. So

Last night Congressman Jay Inslee did an interview with TVW’s Austin Jenkins discussing his positions as a candidate for Governor. Among the policies discussed were Inslee’s position on tax increases and whether the voter-approved 2/3 vote requirement for tax increases is constitutional. Here is the video of that interview queued up to the conversation on those issues: Cliff notes version: