State Sen. Mike Baumgartner, a Spokane Republican, is challenging U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell for a U.S. Senate seat, touting an extensive resume of overseas experience that seems to make him a natural for the Foreign Affairs Committee...
Top lawmakers work toward budget deal
Mar 06, 2012
For the first time in 25 years, the minority Republicans teamed up with three conservative Democrats to pass a fiscally responsible, bi-partisan budget in the Senate.
Harbor Republicans ramp it up
Mar 06, 2012
Republicans on Grays Harbor are seeing red — or at least they hope to when the votes are tallied in the next election. State Sen. Michael Baumgartner, who is challenging Democratic U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, was keynote speaker.
Time to Leave Afghanistan | Michael Baumgartner
Dec 24, 2011
Special editorial to the Spokesman Review...The war that started with “shock and awe” is ending with little fanfare or celebration. After nine years and $1 trillion spent, America leaves older but little wiser.
WA U.S. Senate Race: Baumgartner takes on Foreign Policy
Dec 02, 2011
Washington State U.S. Senate candidate Republican Michael Baumgartner is beginning to ramp up his campaign and starting to get noticed.
Meet Michael Baumgartner, the 'pragmatic conservative' who plans to challenge Cantwell
Nov 22, 2011
He calls himself a "pragmatic conservative" in the mold of Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels and Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. That would make Baumgartner a budget cutter, the Republican standard just now. His foreign-policy views are not standard.
Cantwell campaign donations off by 30%
Nov 10, 2011
Campaign contributions to Sen. Maria Cantwell are off by 30 percent compared to the same point in her re-election campaign six years ago. Both Cantwell's campaign and the State Democratic Party attributed it, in part, to the fact that she has yet to draw
Cantwell 2012 has $3.1 million cash; is it enough?
Nov 10, 2011
The campaign of U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell filed paperwork at the Federal Election Commission over the weekend showing she raised $1.3 million in the past three months and had $3.14 million in the bank for her 2012 re-election.
Ground broken for WSU medical school in Spokane
Nov 10, 2011
Officials broke ground Wednesday on a new medical school building at Washington State University's Spokane campus. The $70 million building is intended to produce more doctors for Washington.
GOP state senator from Spokane seeks Maria Cantwell's U.S. Senate seat
Nov 10, 2011
SEATTLE -- A junior Republican state senator from Spokane is set to announce his candidacy for the U.S. Senate becoming the first GOP candidate to try to challenge Democrat incumbent Maria Cantwell for a seat she's held for more than a decade.
