Two Tacoma-area Democrats are officially beginning their re-election campaigns to the state House early this week according to the TNT's Political Buzz.
The 28th District business owner and Army Reservist, Rep. Troy Kelley, will launch his campaign on Tuesday. Down the road in the 29th LD, Rep. Steve Conway will begin his effort the following day. Conway has represented the 29th since 1993.
"Only somebody as dumb as Gregoire would endorse it."
- Dr. Matt Manweller, a political science professor at Central Washington University, during a confrontation with Democratic Party volunteers who were protesting against Republican gubernatorial candidate Dino Rossi's opposition to the state's current minimum wage policy, which increases the wage level with inflation every year.