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PubliColaTV: Democrat Insurgent Challenges Democrat Incumbent in Snohomish County
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Just a few weeks after the Washington State Labor Council endorsed him, Democrat Nick Harper, who's running against incumbent Democratic state Senator Jean Berkey (D-38, Everett), announced he got the endorsement of the Washington Conservation Voters
Indeed, the lefty-stars are lining up for Harper, the Snohomish County Conservation Director for the Cascade Land Conservancy.
Harper graduated from the University of Washington and then went to law school at Seattle U. He had a brief stint as a lobbyist for the Snohomish County-Camano Island Association of Realtors before moving to the Cascade Land Conservancy .
As I reported before, his friends at the WSLC have money—nearly $1 million which they've pledged to spend against Democrats they're unhappy with—Democrats like Berkey.
Jean Berkey was appointed to the State Senate in 2004, and has since won reelection. Lately, leftist groups have taken issues with Berkey's record—labor especially. On the WSLC's legislative scorecard, for instance, Berkey received a 67% rating on her record for the 2010 session (despite her lifetime record of 87%).
Harper is clearly trying to get some of that cash. In our video he makes an impassioned defense of public employees (this year's GOP scapegoat). And as PDC reports the WSLC just got another $100,000 from the Washington Federation of State Employees (on top of $500k that the WFSE had given previously). And if he does cash in on the WSLC DIME (Don't Invest in More Excuses) PAC money, it'll help close the fundraising gap (currently $27,750 to his opponent's $70,400).
In the latest edition of ColaTV, Harper also talks about housing policy, State Democratic Leadership (or lack thereof), and his grassroots campaign, and of course, the unions.
Senator Berkey did not return calls for comment.
Just a few weeks after the Washington State Labor Council endorsed him, Democrat Nick Harper, who's running against incumbent Democratic state Senator Jean Berkey (D-38, Everett), announced he got the endorsement of the Washington Conservation Voters
Indeed, the lefty-stars are lining up for Harper, the Snohomish County Conservation Director for the Cascade Land Conservancy.
Harper graduated from the University of Washington and then went to law school at Seattle U. He had a brief stint as a lobbyist for the Snohomish County-Camano Island Association of Realtors before moving to the Cascade Land Conservancy .
As I reported before, his friends at the WSLC have money—nearly $1 million which they've pledged to spend against Democrats they're unhappy with—Democrats like Berkey.
Jean Berkey was appointed to the State Senate in 2004, and has since won reelection. Lately, leftist groups have taken issues with Berkey's record—labor especially. On the WSLC's legislative scorecard, for instance, Berkey received a 67% rating on her record for the 2010 session (despite her lifetime record of 87%).
Harper is clearly trying to get some of that cash. In our video he makes an impassioned defense of public employees (this year's GOP scapegoat). And as PDC reports the WSLC just got another $100,000 from the Washington Federation of State Employees (on top of $500k that the WFSE had given previously). And if he does cash in on the WSLC DIME (Don't Invest in More Excuses) PAC money, it'll help close the fundraising gap (currently $27,750 to his opponent's $70,400).
In the latest edition of ColaTV, Harper also talks about housing policy, State Democratic Leadership (or lack thereof), and his grassroots campaign, and of course, the unions.
Senator Berkey did not return calls for comment.
