Todd Donovan
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| Republican tide ebbs in Issaquah-area races | Observers said the national GOP tide fizzled in the Evergreen State due to the nature of the local electorate. |
2010-11-10 | |
| Republicans roll in Whatcom County, but region loses clout in Olympia | Pundits questioned the influence of the conservative tea party movement. Even locally, the Bellingham Tea Party said the 2010 mid-term elections were crucial to see whether the movement lived. Whatcom County appears to have been one of the major bastions for the conservative movement in… |
2010-11-04 | |
| Koster, Larsen vote gap shrinks; both expect victory | Koster benefited from a national wave of Republican candidates ousting incumbent Democrats amid concerns about the economy and record federal debt. Voters in the 2nd District, like many around the country, were most focused on jobs and the economy, said Todd Donovan, political science professor… |
2010-11-04 | |
| Larsen combats tea party surge in bid for 6th term | "It's a mirror of what you're going to see in Washington's Senate race: Larsen is really big on constituent service, bringing things back to the district, and the challenger is hammering on wasteful spending, wasteful spending," says Todd Donovan, a political science… |
2010-11-02 | |
| Big money beigng spent in state's initiative campaigns | Numerous ballot measures competing for voters' attention in Washington state have led to a record amount of combined money spent on campaigns ranging from liquor privatization to imposing an income tax on the state's highest earners. |
2010-11-01 | |
| Big money being spent in state initiative campaigns | One upside to the increase in money, said Western Washington University political science professor Todd Donovan, is the increase in voter exposure to those arguments both for and against measures. |
2010-10-29 | |
| Larsen combats tea party surge in bid for 6th term | "It's a mirror of what you're going to see in Washington's Senate race: Larsen is really big on constituent service, bringing things back to the district, and the challenger is hammering on wasteful spending, wasteful spending," says Todd Donovan, a political science… |
2010-10-27 | |
| Oregon's initiative system: Too much direct democracy? | Oregon voters are being asked to make choices on four citizen initiatives this fall. Topics include criminal sentencing, medical marijuana, a private casino, and dictating how lottery revenues are spent on state parks and natural resources. Although this is a rather modest initiative crop… |
2010-10-25 | |
| From Window Magazine: All eyes on (this) Washington | 2010-10-21 | ||
| Koster camp explains pullout from debate with Larsen | Todd Donovan, a political science professor at Western Washington University, questioned if the decision by Koster's campaign could backfire. |
2010-10-21 |