Valley Political News

August 18, 2010 by Leave a comment

Yesterday night was an exciting night for voters and politicos throughout the Yakima Valley. Three races promised two winners and a defeatist.

The District Court race surprised many as Doug Federspiel and Mike Everett advanced to the general election, leaving Bronson Faul behind with under 15% of the vote. Bronson Faul had picked up the envious endorsements of Senator Jim Honeyford, Representatives David Taylor, Bruce Chandler, and Yakima Mayor Micah Cawley. Bronson Faul is young man and we’ll surely see him on our ballot in the near future.

County Commissioner Rand Elliott was up for re-election and was challenged by a fellow Republican and someone running under the Tea Party label. Kenneth Stevens, the Tea Party candidate famous for his “make sure you don’t get screwed” campaign slogan, has publically declared that he will refuse to take his $81,000 salary if elected. The incumbent Rand Elliott and the energetic Tea Party candidate will face each other in November. We could be up for a surprise!

 The 14th legislative race has been the most exciting race in the county. The incumbent Norm Johnson(R) was challenged by Michele Strobel(R) and Scott Brumback(D). Johnson and Strobel secured a spot in the November ballot. This promises to be a vicious battle between a moderate and a conservative Republican. It will be interesting to see if the Democrat endorses any of the remaining candidates. The local Democratic Party refused to endorse Scott Brumback as he was too conservative. He was once a Republican PCO. I don’t blame them!

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Micah Cawley: An Inspiring American

January 8, 2010 by 2 Comments

Micah Cawley is the newly crowned Mayor of Yakima.  At Micah’s young age, he has built up quite an attractive political resume.  I say that he has a very promising political future.

His public service launched in 2005 at the age of 21 when he decided to file for a Yakima City Council position.  No one at that point would have guessed that a 21-year-old kid was going to shake up politics in the City of Yakima.  Of course, questions came sliding Micah’s way.  “Isn‘t he too young to serve the city in that capacity?”  ”Is he qualified for that position?”  Then came primary election night, a shocker.  The young kid finished second in a field of five candidates with 27.41% of the vote.  Micah had just won his ticket to the final game, the general election.

Yakima Mayor Micah Cawley

Now Micah was up against the incumbent, Bernard Sims.  The picture certainly did not look in Micah’s favor.  However, he continued campaigning hard and the end result surprised everyone.  Micah Daniel Cawley had just defeated the incumbent in a landslide, gathering 68.84% of the vote.

Two years into his first term he had the honor to serve as Assistant Mayor and is now the Mayor of Yakima.  What an inspiring story!  The sky is the limit for him, and I believe many more significant opportunities will come his way.

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