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Rep. Jeannie Darneille to run for state Senate in 2012
State Rep. Jeannie Darneille says she will try to move from the House to the Senate in 2012. She hopes to replace Sen. Debbie Regala, who will retire next year. Even though the election is more than a...
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Political Smell Test: Attack mailer on Jack Connelly’s ties to nonprofit’s...
A mailer widely distributed to Tacoma residents last week amounted to the first attack ad in what’s now increasingly turning into a negative campaign for the 27th District state senate seat between two...
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UPDATE Tacoma: Chairman of PAC that sent attack mailer about Jack Connelly...
UPDATE: Wed. Aug. 1, 12:32 p.m. As of today, two people have filed complaints with the state’s Public Disclosure Commission against the Tacomans for Integrity in Government PAC for failing to file...
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Going negative in Tacoma’s 27th District senate race: Another unreported...
A group calling itself “Tacomans for Integrity in Government,” distributed a second mailer this week attacking Tacoma trial lawyer and Democratic senate candidate Jack Connelly for his ties to a...
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NARAL weighs in on 27th District senate race, reminding voters Jeannie...
The National Abortion And Reproductive Rights Action League’s political action committee in Washington has distributed a late mailer before Tuesday’s primary, reminding voters in Tacoma’s 27th...
View Article“Integrity” PAC behind attack mailers about Jack Connelly in Tacoma’s 27th...
A political action committee that recently distributed two attack mailers about 27th District senate candidate Jack Connelly‘s ties to an affordable housing nonprofit that misspent public funds has...
View Article27th Legislative District Senate race: Connelly, Darneille release new TV...
Democrats Jack Connelly and Jeannie Darneille each released new TV spots this week, as campaign advertising has escalated in their well-moneyed race for Tacoma’s state senate seat with just over a...
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Tacoma: Jack Connelly’s self-funding nearing the $1 million mark in 27th...
Tacoma trial lawyer Jack Connelly has now poured $988,383 into his campaign for the 27th Legislative District senate seat against state Rep. Jeannie Darneille, the latest campaign finance records show....
View ArticleSenate Republicans poised to take over Environment, Higher Ed, Parks, Trade,...
Washington will get a new Democratic governor this week with a green-energy agenda, but Republicans are preparing to take the helm of the Senate committee that would consider such proposals — along...
View ArticleUPDATE – Maverick Democratic Sen. Tim Sheldon elected president pro tem of...
The Senate has sworn in maverick Democratic Sen. Tim Sheldon to serve as president pro tempore, presiding over the politically divided chamber when Lt. Gov. Brad Owen is away. No one else was nominated...
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Teetotaller or no? What you may not know about state senators’ drinking habits
State senators went into an unusual amount of detail about their alcohol habits Friday morning as they debated a measure that would allow theaters to serve beer and wine. Sen. Jeannie Darneille,...
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PDC rules Tacoma PAC that sent attack mailers against Connelly violated...
A Tacoma political group that distributed mailers attacking state senate candidate Jack Connelly last year violated campaign finance law by failing to report its donations and spending in a timely...
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