Curt Fackler

TVW has launched a video voters' guide on their website featuring eight minute video statements from statewide candidates. The videos began airing on television Monday and will continue to run through the August 19, 2008 primary.

Nearly every candidate gave a statement, though notably absent are state insurance commissioner candidates Curt Fackler (U-Spokane) and state treasurer candidate Chang Mook Sohn (D-Federal Way), both of whom cited scheduling conflicts for their absence.

Washington's "top two" primary was in the national limelight Monday when FOX News did a story on the recent fuss over exactly which party many state Republicans prefer when they call themselves GOP.

The story includes cameos by Washington's own Democratic Party Chari Dwight Pelz, Republican gubernatorial candidate Dino Rossi, Republican U.S. House candidates Steven Beren (R-Seattle) and Larry Ishmael (R-Kirkland) and Spokane Party Republican Party chair Curt Fackler (R-Spokane).

Check it out below:

This interview is the second in a new weekly series on PolitickerWA.com that puts the spotlight on one of the state's county party chairs.

Today meet Spokane Republican Party Chair Curt Fackler, who is also running for state Insurance Comissioner and an independent.

Full interview below the jump. 

Admitting that having an "R" after your name isn't advantageous, many Republican candidates, including gubernatorial challenger Dino Rossi, are distancing themselves from the Republican brand and listing their party preference as "GOP" instead.