Paul Richmond

Rep. Norm DicksThe Grays Harbor County Democrats met last week as usual, but when the meeting ended something stood out quite glaringly. The Aberdeen Daily World is reporting that the group decided not to endorse their sitting Democratic U.S. Representative, Belfair's Norm Dicks.

Dicks has consistently won elections by wide margins in his thirty-one year electoral career. Many Democrats at the meeting cited Dicks' support for funding the war in Iraq as a reason not to officially endorse him. Dicks voted for authorization of the war, but has since voiced the need to bring it to an end. Still, as with most Democrats, he votes to fund it.

Two insurgent Democratic challengers have expressed strong support for Rep. Dennis Kucinich's (D-Ohio) idea to introduce articles of impeachment against President George W. Bush Monday night. Paul Richmond (D-Port Townsend), who is seeking the seat of party mate Rep. Norm Dicks (D-Belfair), and Cheryl Crist (D-Olympia), who is running against Rep. Brian Baird (D-Vancouver), both issued press releases welcoming the impeachment and urging their fellow candidates to support the movement.

"I am thrilled that Congressman Kucinich has moved forward with enumerating the grave crimes and malfeasance in office of George W. Bush. There is ample evidence that warrants impeachment and removal from office of both Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney," said Crist. "I strongly wish that I were in Congress today so that I could co-sponsor this historic impeachment resolution."

Paul Richmond, Democratic candidate for U.S. House of Representatives in the 6th District that covers much of Tacoma and the Olympic and Kitsap Peninsulas, calls himself the "story telling lawyer" in his private law practice. With his candidacy for Congress, Richmond hopes to tell the story of a nation turning its back on a history of civil liberties, experiencing economic trouble and a shrinking middle class, and how the current representatives in Washington, D.C. are not doing enough to change that.

Beginning Monday morning, PolitickerWA will launch a series of profiles of the nine candidates who have announced their intention to challenge an incumbent member of Congress in 2008. Every weekday morning for the next nine days PolitickerWA will publish a profile of a challenger. The schedule, which starts in Eastern Washington and moves counterclockwise around the state, is below:  read more »

The Kitsap Caucus Blog is reporting that Port Townsed Attorney Paul Richmond is considering a run for congress in the 6th District against long time incumbent Norm Dicks.

Richmond seems most interested in restoring personal liberties, reigning in defense spending and taking care of veterans.   read more »