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WA-4 will indeed be R/R.

Clint Dielder former NFL player, “tea party” guy, 2010 Senate candidate and unsuccessful 2012 nominee for State Land Commish, faces Dan Newhouse a former state legislator who served as Rat Governor Christine Gregoire’s Agriculture Director (I don’t like that) in what the media is calling “tea party versus establishment” while bemoaning that the “promising democrat” failed to make the runoff.

Dielder is notably endorsed by Mark Levin (eh), Ron Paul (yuck), National Association for Gun Rights, and Freedomworks. Newhouse’s listed endorsements are all local.

I presume Newhouse will win since rats will be able to vote in the general and will likely oppose the “tea party”. I can’t say either candidate thrills me.

In CD 1 the “Republican nomination” is still to close to call, wealthy former Microsoft exec Pedro Celis, the party’s preferred choice, trails Robert J. Sutherland a “libertarian-minded” biochemist and Air Force vet. Celis is criticized for running an “invisible” campaign. The large amount of outstanding votes are mail in, counting will be slow. I don’t like mail in voting.

The “right to farm” amendment in MO passes by only a couple thousand votes. Opponents fear it will harm regulation of puppy mills and erode restrictions on foreign ownership of farmland (which to me sounds unconstitutional and easy to get around anyway).

Opponents of the new lottery game feared it would decrease revenue from other games (which all go to school funding, which I don’t think I agree with).

1 amendment I failed to mention that passed 3-1, extends protections against “unreasonable search and seizure” to electronic data, cops will need a warrant. There was no organized opposition to this amendment, I can only imagine the rationale of the 25% who voted against it.

The GOP nominee for heavily rat MI-14 is named Christina Conyers, former naval officer. She should be running in MI-13 against John Conyers!!!!