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Rossi returns to the Senate…temporarily

Rossi returns to the Senate…temporarily

(Photo courtesy of Washington State Senate) Nine years after he left the Senate in 2003, Dino Rossi is back in the “upper chamber” of the Legislature. But it will be only for a few months. Rossi, who ran twice for governor and once for U.S. Senate after leaving the state Senate, was appointed Monday afternoon by the Metropolitan King County Council to fill the unexpired term of Cheryl Pflug, who resigned her 5th Legislative District Senate seat to take an…

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Senate to Baxter: You complete me

Senate to Baxter: You complete me

During the first five weeks of this year’s legislative session, the Senate was short one member. Longtime 4th Legislative District Sen. Bob McCaslin abruptly retired in early January, a few days before session began, due to health reasons after 30 years in the “upper chamber.” McCaslin’s departure meant that the Spokane County Commission had to appoint a replacement based on three names submitting by the Spokane County Republican PCOs. On Friday, the commission appointed Spokane Valley businessman Jeff Baxter as…

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Murray, Rossi advance in WA Senate primary

Murray, Rossi advance in WA Senate primary

Incumbent Sen. Patty Murray and challenger Dino Rossi are advancing to Washington’s November Senate election. As expected, the three-term veteran Murray and Rossi, a former Republican state Senate budget chairman who ran for governor in 2004 and 2008,  easily emerged from a 15-person field in Washington’s primary Tuesday night. Although many votes remain to be tallied in the coming days, Murray had 46 percent and Rossi 34 percent as the election night tabulations were totalled. Clint Didier, who was backed…

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