Women In Politics

Selah man pleads guilty to threatening Patty Murray
A Yakima County man pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court in Seattle to making threats against U.S. Sen. Patty Murray.

Read more on Seattle Times

GOP source says Dino Rossi will challenge Patty Murray for U.S. Senate in Washington
The Washington Poll, released through the University of Washington, showed Murray with a 44 percent to 40 percent advantage over Rossi in a hypothetical November showdown. The statewide telephone survey of 626 registered voters was conducted May 3-23 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.9 percentage points.

Read more on The Oregonian

Big gigs: Patty Griffin, Adam Lambert, Tech N9ne
Gorgeous-voiced singer-songwriter Patty Griffin offers folk and Americana classics. Opening is Buddy Miller, who produced Griffin’s gospel-tinged January release, “Downtown Church.”

Read more on Detroit Free Press

Sen. Patty Murray’s statement on EADS tanker bid announcement
U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) released the following statement after EADS announced that they would compete for the tanker contract’ Holding this competition up to allow an illegally-subsidized foreign company to bid is bad for American workers, our men and women in uniform, taxpayers, and our economy. It means we are bending over backwards to include a company that has broken the rules of …

Read more on KING5 Seattle