One of the first major victories that Progressive Majority had with the Candidate Recruitment and Development Program was the election of Sen. Brian Weinstein in 2004. And Weinstein hasn't disappointed Washington progressives, particularly those who are concerned with protecting the disappearing middle class.

Progressive Majority-recruited candidate for Edmonds (Washington state) City Council Adrienne Fraley-Monillas lost her race to opponent DJ Wilson, but she's not letting it slow her down.

Progressive Majority-endorsed candidate for Bellevue (Washington state) City Council Keri Andrews is receiving passionate support from union firefighters in Bellevue who have seen the incumbent anti-government conservative council cut their funding again and again.

Kim of Shoreline School Blog has written a great piece on Progressive Majority-endorsed candidate for Shoreline (Washington state) School Board Maren Norton, and says "we need to grab her because someone else will."

Progressive Majority-endorsed candidates for Snohomish County Council (Washington state) Mike Cooper and Brian Sullivan are featured in an article from the Puget Sound Business Journal testifying that their election will hallmark a drastic change for Snohomish County politics.

Progressive Majority-endorsed candidate for Spokane (Washington state) City Council Richard Rush's opponent is a current Builders & Contractors Association employee and has taken scads of their money. Now he claims he won't be influenced by their money or his history with the industry.

Progressive Majority-endorsed candidate for Whatcom County (Washington state) Treasurer Steve Oliver's election opponent has been indicted (again), but we won't get to hear about it until after the election.

Progressive Majority-endorsed candidate for Tacoma City Council Marilyn Strickland is running partly to champion minority viewpoints, which our study shows are needed in Washington state and local governments.

Progressive Majority-endorsed candidate for Whatcom County Council (Washington state) Ken Mann and Sam Crawford have very different opinions about Lake Whatcom's pollution issues.

Early this year Progressive Majority recruited Maria Osorio for an unexpected open seat on the Toppenish School Board (we had been tipped off that the seat would be open), in Central Washington state. The Toppenish School Board, despite her abundant qualifications, decided to appoint a local minister who submitted a one-paragraph application .... well, HE LIVED IN THE WRONG DISTRICT!!!!

In Washington state's August 21st primary election, 11 of our 27 candidates faced primaries, many of them stiff challenges.

As of this morning, 10 of our 11 candidates have won their primaries and moved on to the general election this November. This is another day of victories for Washington state progressives, and for progressives across the country!

John Lovick, our endorsed candidate for Snohomish County Sheriff, is running a strong campaign going into Tuesday's primary. If John wins, he will not only be the first elected African-American sheriff in Washington state, but from any state west of the Mississippi.

Click to look at his first television advertisement:

Progressive Majority-endorsed candidate for Seattle Port Commissioner Alec Fisken recently wrote a great blog on the need to reign in pollution by cargo ships.

Live blogging from YearlyKos 

Fhew! What a day. I attended an Iraq War panel with Jeff and then the "Future Leaders" panel that had candidates who ran once before and were running again.

Then, we saw the ever thoughtful Andy Stern discuss the future of his union, SEIU, and I had to cut out to prepare

Liveblogging from YearlyKos

Went to a session this afternoon about the use of video on blogs and email lists to learn more about this expanding media.

We discussed a hilarious series of videos by the Center for American Progress Action Fund on flexible fuel that are found on www.cleanmyride.org/

I'd highly encourage you to check them out - they're great

Colors NW, a Washington State publication that focuses on diversity issues, recently did a cover story and videopodcast on Progressive Majority recruited, trained, and elected State Senator Claudia Kauffman.

Dean Nielsen recently discussed Progressive Majority's goals, strategies, and outlook to built progressive majorities across Washington State on the popular Evergreen Politics blog.

Late Tuesday night the Federal Ways School Board lifted their moratorium or "temporary ban" on Al Gore's Oscar-nominated documentary An Inconvenient Truth.

Thank you to all who helped generate over 18,000 emails to the school board in just over 24 hours.