Political Science Department
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| Top two primary system defies dire predictions | I know we should consider it a compliment. Imitation, after all, is the highest form of flattery. And California knowingly imitated us two years ago when its voters adopted an initiative creating a top two primary election. Voters there get a first taste of the new primary June 5. … |
2012-05-07 | |
| AP: Inslee a meticulous manager of campaign cash | Three months after his first quest for governor came to an end in 1996, Jay Inslee began draining the $6,000 surplus in his campaign account by sending out a refund of $1,000 - to himself. |
2012-04-26 | |
| Wash. Gubernatorial Race: The Debate Over Debates Continues | The debate over debates continues in the Washington governor’s race. Republican Rob McKenna announced Monday that he will commit to 15 joint appearances with Democrat Jay Inslee. Meanwhile, Inslee made it official: he will not participate in one debate that’s become a tradition in Washington.… |
2012-03-27 | |
| Educating kids, learning himself | Yelm High School’s Ed Bergh recently was honored as Washington Civic Educator of the Year by the state Legislature. He teaches world problems, history and a variety of American government electives. |
2012-03-26 | |
| Suburbs, farms and mansions: New 1st District a political battleground | Monroe voters like their members of Congress to be Republican. But for a dozen years, they've gone without. |
2012-03-05 | |
| Author Gary Geddes to discuss his work Jan. 30 | 2012-01-30 | ||
| What will happen in 2012? Whatcom County people make their predictions | I predict that politics will be a hot topic in 2012, along with jobs, the economy and health care.Beyond that, the future is a blurry haze to me.Such uncertainty didn't discourage some local residents from complying with my request for their predictions for the coming year. |
2012-01-03 | |
| New U.S.-Canada border deal makes improvements, suggests other opportunities | PRESIDENT Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper signed a deal Dec. 8 that stakes out a menu of changes that will improve the border. |
2011-12-27 | |
| In Government We Don't Trust | Why is this decline in trust happening? We certainly don’t believe that city and state governments have actually become less trustworthy over time, notwithstanding perceptions. Todd Donovan, a professor of political science at Western Washington University, has one notion that makes a lot of… |
2011-12-01 | |
| Bellingham liberals made the difference for conservative Louws | Conservative Jack Louws beat Doug Ericksen for Whatcom County executive not because rural, right-leaning voters chose him but because liberal Bellingham ones did. |
2011-11-21 |