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

As a Republican and the front-runner in Washington State’s race for governor, Attorney General Rob McKenna is going to receive more than his fair share of vetting from the media. The process is justified and useful – it is the primary reason that a free press is a canon of our society’s laws and values – but recent criticism of

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

On the news that Gov. Christine Gregoire is finally calling the State Legislature back into session to tackle budget woes in the form of a $1.5 billion deficit, Republican candidate for governor Rob McKenna issued a statement, praising the incumbent Governor for taking action and suggesting that a quick and bipartisan process is what Washington needs: “No one can be

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

The Attorney General in Washington State is independently elected by the people. Of that there is no controversy. Based on two separate rulings by the State Supreme Court today, however, whether the Attorney General is truly independent is now in question. In one ruling concerning the City of Seattle’s attempt to get the Attorney General to withdrawal from the multi-state

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

Early indications lead this writer to make a prediction in the Washington State governor’s race, not of who will win next November and attempt to rescue the state from its chronic fiscal troubles, but that the contest could go down as one of the nastiest in recent history. For Republican attorney general and gubernatorial candidate Rob McKenna to grasp victory,

Prior to closing down, the motto for Olympia Beer was “It’s the water.” Based on recent news from the Attorney General’s Office, there is definitely something in the water in Washington that leads to our leaders being recognized nationally. Yesterday a press release was issued announcing that Attorney General Rob McKenna has been selected by his peers to be President

In the two weeks since Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna announced he was running for governor in 2012, the Associated Press has been wearing down red pencils fact-checking claims made during Republican Rob McKenna during his announcement speech earlier this month. The AP found errors in three of the claims made by McKenna and as is often the case

Last week Attorney General Rob McKenna did an interview with TVW’s Austin Jenkins discussing his positions as a candidate for Governor. Among the policies discussed were McKenna’s position on tax increases, whether the voter-approved 2/3 vote requirement for tax increases is constitutional and if the state is fully taking advantage of opportunities for competitive contracting. Here is the video of

Only days after formally entering the race for Washington state governor, Attorney General Rob McKenna appears to be riding high on on issue some worried thought might bristle the sentiments of Washington’s blue state voters. New polling suggests that his involvement in efforts to deconstruct portions of Obamacare will not diminish support for his candidacy. A SurveyUSA/KING-TV poll conducted Tuesday—one

Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna formally announced his candidacy Wednesday in the 2012 race to be Washington’s next governor, speaking to hundreds in attendance in the theater of a Bellevue high school. The McKenna campaign broadcast Wednesday’s live announcement from their Facebook page and posted a YouTube video in which McKenna criticized the lack of “strong and decisive leadership

According to inside sources, Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna will announce his campaign for governor Wednesday evening. Late Tuesday afternoon, the McKenna campaign released a statement that a “major announcement” would be made at an event scheduled for 6:00 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center at Sammamish High School. An announcement of candidacy by McKenna would be the first