Great New Book with an Anti-chaining Theme

Ghost Dog Secrets is written by one of our own members of LOHV, Peg Kehert. Peg is an award winning author, who has written many children’s books. This book is also intended for young readers, but I have to say I couldn’t put it down. This story takes on some very tough issues that children face such as bullying and the loss of a parent, but at its core it is the story of the rescue of a dog that is chained to a tree, abused and neglected. Peg does a great job of showing the cruelty of chaining. This is a very timely subject, since we will be working hard to pass an anti-tethering bill here in Washington in 2011. Ghost Dog Secrets is very well written and I would recommend it to everyone. It would also make a great gift for kids.

Another one pulls into the lead

Roger Goodman, District 45 is now leading for the House of Representatives, Position 1! Dawn Morrell and Rodney Tom have maintained their leads as well.

Some changes in the win/loss list

The two following candidates who were listed as losses, have now pulled ahead of their opponent.

Dawn Morrell in District 25, House of Representatives position 2
Rodney Tom in District 48, Senate
Yeah!

How did our candidates do?

Well overall, not too bad. We had a total of 73 candidates on our endorsement list. Of those endorsements 58 candidates won election. Below is a list of our candidates that won and lost. Some races are very close and since Washington State is mostly mail in ballots not all results have been tallied. Some election results may change. I will make a notation where the race is extremely close and the final winner could change.

District 1
House of Representatives, Position 1
Derek Stanford Won!

District 2
House of Representatives, Position 2
Tom Campbell Lost

District 3
House of Representatives, Position 2
Timm Ormsby Won!

District 5
House of Representatives, Position 2
Glen Anderson Won!
David Spring Lost

District 6
Senate
Chris Marr Lost

District 7
Senate
Barbara Mowrey Lost

District 8
Senate
Jerome Delvin Won!

District 11
House of Representatives, Position 1
Zack Hudgins Won!

House of Representatives, Position 2
Bob Hasegawa Won!

District 18
House of Representatives, Position 1
Dennis Kampe Lost

District 21
House of Representatives, Position 1
Mary Helen Roberts Won!

House of Representatives, Position 2
Marko Liias Won!

Senate
Paull Shin Won!

District 22
House of Representatives, Position 1
Chris Reykdal Won!
Jason Hearn Lost

House of Representatives, Position 2
Sam Hunt Won!

District 23
House of Representatives, Position 1
Sherry Appleton Won!

House of Representatives, Position 2
Christine Rolfes Won!

District 24
House of Representatives, Position 1
Kevin Van De Wege Won!

House of Representatives, Position 2
Steve Tharinger Won!

District 25
House of Representatives, Position 2
Dawn Morrel Lost Close Race

District 26
House of Representatives, Position 1
Sumner Schoenike Lost

House of Representatives, Position 2
Larry Seaquist Won!

Senate
Derek Kilmer Won!

District 27
House of Representatives, Position 1
Laurie Jinkins Won!
Jake Fey Lost

District 28
House of Representatives, Position 1
Troy Kelley Won!

House of Representatives, Position 2
Tami Green Won! Close Race

District 29
House of Representatives, Position 1
Connie Ladenburg Won!

House of Representatives, Position 2
Steve Kirby Won!

Senate
Steve Conway Won!

District 30
House of Representatives, Position 1
Mark Miloscia Won!

Senate
Tracey Eide Won! Close race

District 31
House of Representatives, Position 2
Christopher Hurst Won!

District 32
House of Representatives, Position 1
Cindy Ryu Won!

House of Representatives, Position 2
Ruth Kagi Won!

Senate
Maralyn chase Won!

District 33
House of Representatives, Position 2
Dave Upthegrove Won!

Senate
Karen Keiser Won!

District 34
House of Representatives, Position 1
Eileen Cody Won!

House of Representatives, Position 2
Joe Fitzgibbon Won!

Senate
Sharon Nelson Won!

District 35
House of Representatives, Position 1
Kathy Haigh Won! Close race

Senate
Tim Sheldon Won!

District 36
House of Representatives, Position 2
Mary Lou Dickerson Won!

Senate
Jeanne Kohl-Welles Won!

District 37
House of Representatives, Position 1
Sharon Tomiko Santos Won!

House of Representatives, Position 2
Eric Pettigrew Won!
John Stafford Lost

Senate
Adam Kline Won!

District 38
House of Representatives, Position 1
John McCoy Won!

House of Representatives, Position 2
Mike Sells Won!

District 39
House of Representatives, Position 1
Eleanor Walters Lost

District 40
House of Representatives, Position 1
Kristine Lytton Won!

House of Representatives, Position 2
Jeff Morris Won!

District 41
House of Representatives, Position 1
Marcie Maxwell Won!

House of Representatives, Position 2
Judy Clibborn Won!

Senate
Randy Gordon Lost

District 42
House of Representatives, Position 2
Kelli Linville Lost

Senate
Pat Jerns Lost

District 43
House of Representatives, Position 1
Jamie Pedersen Won!

House of Representatives, Position 2
Frank Chopp Won!

Senate
Ed Murray Won!

District 44
House of Representatives, Position 1
Hans Dunshee Won! Close Race

Senate
Steve Hobbs Won! Close Race

District 45
House of Representatives, Position 1
Roger Goodman Lost

House of Representatives, Position 2
Larry Springer Won!

Senate
Eric Oemig Lost

District 46
House of Representatives, Position 2
Phyllis Kenney Won!

District 47
House of Representatives, Position 1
Geoff Simpson Lost

House of Representatives, Position 2
Pat Sullivan Won!

Senate
Claudia Kauffman Lost

District 48
House of Representatives, Position 1
Ross Hunter Won! Close Race

House of Representatives, Position 2
Deb Eddy Won!

Senate
Rodney Tom Lost Close Race

District 49
House of Representatives
Jim Moeller Won!

Candidates that need our help

By now most of you have hopefully, reviewed our endorsement list for the upcoming election. I would like to mention some specific races that are very close, where our endorsed candidate will need all the votes he or she can get. The candidates we endorsed are those with the best voting record for animal welfare bills and/or a very positive response to our Humane Legislation Questionnaire. So if you are in any of the following districts, please consider casting your vote for these candidates. These are the animal welfare advocates we need in office.

District 1
House of Representatives, Position 1--Derek Stanford

District 2
House of Representatives, Position 2--Tom Campbell

District 6
Senate--Chris Marr

District 7
Senate--Barbara Mowrey

District 18
House of Representatives, Position 1--Dennis Kampe

District 23
House of Representatives, Position 1--Sherry Appleton

District 24
House of Representatives, Position 2--Steve Tharinger

District 25
House of Representatives, Position 2 --Dawn Morrell

District 26
House of Representatives, Position 1--Sumner Schoenike
House of Representative, Position 2 --Larry Seaquist

District 28
House of Representatives, Position 1--Troy Kelley

District 30
Senate--Tracey Eide

District32
House of Representatives, Position1--Cindy Ryu

District 34
House of Representatives, Position 2--Joe Fitzgibbon

District 35
House of Representatives, Position 1--Kathy Haigh

District 38
House of Representatives, Position 1--John McCoy

District 39
House of Representatives, Position 1--Eleanor Walters


District 40
House of Representatives, Position 1--Kristine Lytton

District 41
Senate--Randy Gordon
House of Representatives, Position 1--Marcie Maxwell

District 42
Senate--Pat Jerns
House of Representatives, Position 2--Kelli Linville

District 44
House of Representatives, Position 1--Hans Dunshee

District 45
Senate--Eric Oemig
House of Representatives, Position 1--Roger Goodman

District 47
Senate-Claudia Kauffman
House of Representatives, Position 1--Geoff Simpson

District 48
Senate--Rodney Tom

District 49
House of Representatives, Position 2--Jim Moeller

Supreme Court decision

I guess most people are aware by now of the Supreme Courts decision to make animal cruelty videos protected speech. It is quite unbelievable to me that this could have happened. There is a good discussion of this http://www.animallawcoalition.com/animal-cruelty/article/558#comment-3800. It explains why the Justices made this decision and gives Justice Alito's dissent. The big interests won out. The NRA wanted this law struck down. I would like to hear from others, their thoughts on this decision.

We are a cause on facebook

We are now a cause on facebook. Please check it out and join the cause. The bigger our numbers, the stronger our voice will be, so please spread the word to your friends about LOHV Washington State. If you haven't seen it yet we have a new look to our website home page. We will also be adding a page for local issues in legislative districts. If anyone is doing something locally that you would like to have posted please let me know. We should have this page up and running soon.