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Mayor of 'Portlandia': the real-life fight
Things didn't go so well with Sam Adams after voters picked him 4 years ago. Now, 3 contenders are battling to emerge from a large primary pack of would-be mayors.
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Portland mayor battle will be hottest in years
The primary results have set up a faceoff between experience and barely restrained energy. Losing out: the sustainability candidate. Oh, Portlandia, how could you?
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Is Hanford stuck with the hot waste?
Yucca Mountain, rejected by the Obama adminstration, was the only option for taking away the glass logs supposed to seal the radioactive waste. Few but Rob McKenna and Jay Inslee seem to think Yucca Mountain remains viable.
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McKenna, Inslee reach beyond white voters
Inslee and McKenna each set up their Seattle headquarters in locations where they can connect with minority communities.
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Mayoral candidates: Please forget the streetcar and biotech dreams
How about buses and a community college? Murray and McGinn court voters and praise diversity in Southeast Seattle. But are they asking what Seattle hardest-scrabble district really needs?