The Washington Farm Bureau, a conservative lobbying powerhouse, released its endorsements yesterday, and while they gave the nod to a long slate of Republicans including Jaime Herrera in the 3rd U.S. Congressional District (who's in a tough de facto GOP primary with David Castillo), they did not endorse in the U.S. Senate race where two Republicans, Dino Rossi and Tea Partier Clint Didier, are competing.

Pete Callaghan, at the Tacoma News Tribune, has the story.

Dan Wood, the local affairs director for the 38,000-member organization of family farmers and ranchers, said there was no consensus.

"There was not sufficient agreement among the county Farm Bureaus to endorse any of the candidates for U.S. Senate in the Primary," Wood said via e-mail. "None of them received support from 2/3 of our county Farm Bureaus."

The state farm bureau endorsed Dino Rossi when he ran for governor in 2008, citing his 100 percent voting record on their issues when he served in the state senate. The King-Pierce bureau even declared him an honorary member. But this year Rossi is in a primary with a farmer and rancher – Clint Didier of Eltopia in Franklin County.

The bureau might come back and endorse in the Senate race after the August primary.