State Sen. Randy Gordon (D-41, Mercer Island) called today to respond to Camden's story about Democratic consultant Christian Sinderman.

Sen. Gordon (one of Sinderman's clients) felt we didn't portray his tenure in the legislature accurately.



We wrote:

Technically Randy Gordon is the incumbent, though he has never actually been elected in this district. Gordon was appointed late last year to replace Fred Jarrett when Jarrett was tapped to be Deputy King County Executive by King County Executive Down Constantine.

Gordon tends to remain quiet in the press and on the Senate floor, and his legislation is wonky stuff like the Appellate Congestion Reduction Act, which would have made municipal judges elected.

Another problem: While the 41st is generally seen as a Democratic district these days, voters there tend to be moderates. Gordon is known as very liberal. (He sponsored a couple of bills, including a couple with super lefty Sen. Adam Kline, D-South Seattle, to take on big banks and insurance companies.)

Gordon didn't object to being called a liberal, although in today's phone call he recommended this description: "a thoughtful and progressive candidate."

He boasted about his role in four bills: A constitutional amendment to give judges discretion on denying bail (a bill that was more liberal than the initial reactionary proposals to outright deny bail in response to the Lakewood shootings, which Gordon said would have created an "American gulag"); a bill that makes insurance companies—who lose appeals on claims—pay out a higher rate; a bill increasing training (and expectations) for electricians; and a bill supporting infant and toddler early intervention.

He also boasted about a few of his bills that failed: a bill to penalize banks who charge excessive ATM fees; a bill to make municipal judges elected; and a bill to fight gang violence (which he said he withdrew because the ACLU had concerns about it.)

Gordon's complaint? We called him quiet. He informed us that he had won TVW's Silver Tongue Award for his floor speech against I-960 . "I'm not Mr. Quiet. Mr. Quiet is holding three town halls this month," he said, leading into his next complaint.

We reported that he was losing to his GOP opponent, Steve Litzow, in fundraising—which is true according to the latest campaign finance reports: $12,000 to $29,000.

But Gordon couldn't fundraise while he was still in session, he explained, and says he's gone from the $12,000 we reported to about $20,000 "in ten 10 days. I have pledges [that take him] to $26,000."