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Republican Dave Schmidt of Mill Creek is knocking on a lot of doors in his attempt to regain the state Senate seat he lost in 2006.

But he is not raising a lot of money for a campaign he hopes will continue past Tuesday's primary.

And a big chunk of his contributions

The August primary isn’t exactly a gold rush in the 26th Legislative District, which runs through the Gig Harbor and Key peninsulas north into Bremerton.

Both House positions have attracted only

The Seattle Times reports this morning that state Sen. Pam Roach (R-31) did not participate in this year’s candidate ratings by the King County Municipal League because, she said, the group that does the evaluations is biased toward Democrats.

The ratings were just released this morning. Of 11 people on the

Posted at 9:35 am by Jerry Cornfield

Republican Dave Schmidt, who is campaigning to regain his state Senate seat this year, has formally appealed the 2010 property tax bill on his Mill Creek condo.

Schmidt filed an appeal with the Snohomish County Board of Equalization contending the

The Times begins its endorsements for 2010 with a nod to state Sen. Derek Kilmer, D-Gig Harbor.

In a Democratic caucus that spent

Michael Baumgartner’s been around. After graduating from Washington State University, he spent a year in Mozambique working with disadvantaged children. He later met his fiancée in Afghanistan while both were working under contract for the State Department. And he worked as an economics officer for the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad

By Jerry Cornfield

Herald Writer

Republican candidate Dave Schmidt hasn’t paid the property taxes on his Mill Creek condo since 2008 but isn’t worried it’ll cost him with voters in elections this year.

Schmidt, who is trying to regain the state Senate seat he lost in 2006, owed $4,300 in back taxes as