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Back to the future for Slade and redistricting

Back to the future for Slade and redistricting

Photo provided by Howard E. McCurdy Soon after former U.S. Senator Slade Gorton was introduced today as the state Senate Republicans’ appointee to the 2011 state Redistricting Commission, he met in Secretary Reed’s office (below) to briefly discuss Washington’s current congressional and legislative district boundaries, as well as talk about past redistricting efforts. Gorton is very familiar with the redistricting process. This 1965 photo above shows him (standing on the far right) and other House Republican members and staffers reviewing…

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Archives and campaign pieces: Slade Gorton

Archives and campaign pieces: Slade Gorton

OK, we’re almost there. Election Day is tomorrow! If you haven’t filled out and returned your ballot yet, do it soon! For Election Eve, we’re spotlighting an old campaign piece from Republican Slade Gorton, who was Washington State’s Attorney General from 1969 until 1981, when he began serving the first of two stints in the U.S. Senate, 1981-87 and again from 1989 to 2001.