Washington Candidates for Senator
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Washington Candidates for Senator |
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Presidential Election Day: Nov. 8, 2016
State Presidential Primary: May 24, 2016
WA Senator Candidates
State Primary: August 2, 2016
Patty Murray (D)
Thor Amundson (D)
Mohammad Said (D)
Eric John Makus (R)
Chris Vance (R)
Uncle Mover (R)
Scott Nazarino (R)
Phil Cornell (D)
Ted Cummings (Independent)
Zach Haller (Independent)
Chuck Jackson (Independent)
Pano Kroko Churchill (Independent)
Jeremy Teuton (Independent)
Alex Tsimerman (Independent)
Donna Lands (Conservative)
Mike Luke (Libertarian)
Sam Wright (Human Rights)
Washington Congressional Candidates 2016
District 1:
Suzan DelBene (D)
John Orlinski (R)
Robert Sutherland (R)
Scott Stafne (Libertarian)
Alex Storms (Independent)
District 2:
Rick Larsen (D)
Mike Lapointe (D)
Marc Hennemann (R)
Kari Ilonummi (Independent)
Brian Luke (Libertarian)
District 3:
Jaime Herrera Beutler (R)
Kathleen "Grandma Warrior" Arthur (D)
Angie Marx (D)
David McDevitt (D)
Jim Moeller (D)
L.A. Worthington (Independent)
District 4:
Dan Newhouse (R)
Clint Didier (R)
Glenn Jakeman (R)
John Malan (D)
Doug McKinley (D)
District 5:
Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R)
Tom Horne (R)
Joe Pakootas (D)
Krystol McGee (Libertarian)
David Wilson (Independent)
District 6:
Derek Kilmer (D)
Paul Nuchims (D)
Todd Bloom (R)
Stephan Brodhead (R) - Tea Party Activist
Mike Coverdale (Independent)
Tyler Myles Vega (Green)
District 7:
Scott Sutherland (R)
Craig Keller (R)
Don Rivers (D)
Brady Walkinshaw (D)
Arun Jhaveri (D)
Pramila Jayapal (D)
Joe McDermott (D)
Leslie Regier (Independent)
Carl Cooper (Independent)
District 8:
Dave Reichert (R)
Santiago Ramos (D)
Alida Skold (D)
Tony Ventrella (D)
Margaret Walsh (Independent)
Keith Arnold (Independent)
District 9:
Adam Smith (D)
Daniel Smith (D)
Jesse Wineberry (D)
Doug Basler (R)
Jeary Flener (Independent)
District 10:
Denny Heck (D)
Jennifer "Gigi" Ferguson (D)
Jim Postma (R)
Richard Boyce (Independent)
The Washington State Seal
The state of Washington's official Great Seal is basically just a circle with an outer ring reading "The Seal of the State of Washington 1889", and a center that contains a portrait of George Washington. The present seal uses a Gilbert Stuart painting for Washington's portrait. The state might not have such a simple design if it had not been for jeweler Charles Talcott, who was asked to engrave a much more elaborate design for the seal back in 1889. Talcott persuaded against a proposed scenic design of the port of Tacoma, Mt. Rainier, fields, and livestock. Instead, he sketched out a design using a postage stamp portrait of George Washington. The story is that the postage stamp image proved to be too poorly detailed to engrave, so Talcott instead used George's image from a crate of cough medicine. Several other images of George have appeared on Washington's Great Seal over the years, but the Gilbert Stuart portrait is the official image on the state's seal today.
Washington State Capital
The First Capitol Building
After Olympia became the capital city of the Washington Territory in 1853, the city's founder, Edmund Sylvester, gave the legislature 12 acres of land to build the capitol, located on a hill overlooking what is now known as Capitol Lake. A two-story wood-frame building was constructed on the site, where the legislature met starting in 1854. When President Benjamin Harrison approved Washington's state constitution in 1889, he donated 132,000 acres of federal lands to the state with the stipulation that income from the lands was to be used solely for construction of the state capitol.
The Second Capitol Building
The legislature formed the State Capitol Commission in 1893 to oversee the creation of a new capitol building on the property in Olympia. The commission held a nationwide competition to find an architect and chose the submission of Ernest Flagg. Construction began on Flagg's plan, but was soon stalled by poor economic conditions with only the foundation completed. When the legislature finally passed an appropriation of additional funds in 1897, newly-elected Governor John Rogers vetoed it. Rogers advocated the purchase of the existing Thurston County Courthouse in downtown Olympia, now known as the "Old Capitol" and home to the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. The legislature approved the new location and began meeting there in 1905.
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