Lands commissioner race draws closer, votes still being counted
The race for state lands commissioner tightened Wednesday, and state Rep. Mike Cooper, D-Edmonds, was hoping to close the gap and overtake Republican incumbent Doug Sutherland as outstanding ballots were tallied.

AUGUST 2005 HEADLINES
- Ads attacking Senn ruled illegal (8/16/2005)

NOVEMBER 2004 HEADLINES
- Attorney general-elect McKenna boasts Gorton-like ways (11/8/2004)
- Election 2004: Sutherland is re-elected as lands commissioner (11/6/2004)

OCTOBER 2004 HEADLINES
- Republicans McKenna, Reichert hold slim leads (10/30/2004)
- Senn getting some outside aid (10/28/2004)
- Special interests fund much of lands commissioner race (10/28/2004)
- Attack ads again will target Senn (10/21/2004)
- Campaign 2004: In race to oversee state's schools, a contrast in styles (10/19/2004)
- Campaign 2004: Schools chief rivals divided by WASL (10/15/2004)
- Ethics board focuses on Bergeson, two others (10/6/2004)

SEPTEMBER 2004 HEADLINES
- Pitched battle predicted for state's top education job (9/20/2004)
- Senn edges past Sidran (9/16/2004)
- Attorney General: Senn takes slim lead in race to face McKenna (9/15/2004)
- Chamber tells why it paid for anti-Senn ads (9/14/2004)
- Campaign spending, charges abound in contest for secretary of state (9/13/2004)
- Source of anti-Senn attack ads revealed (9/13/2004)
- Campaign 2004: Anti-Senn group backs down (9/11/2004)
- Anti-Senn ad group fails to disclose (9/10/2004)
- Logging plan for state forests approved (9/9/2004)
- Senn is best known and most combative candidate for attorney general (9/9/2004)
- Anti-candidate ad backers must be named (9/8/2004)
- Campaign 2004: Ads -- political or not -- stir dispute (9/4/2004)
- Senn campaign angry about unknown group's TV attack ads (9/3/2004)
- Campaign 2004: McKenna says Gorton spurred him to AG race (9/2/2004)

AUGUST 2004 HEADLINES
- Campaign 2004: Jokes aside, Sidran runs hard (8/30/2004)
- Candidates envision big plans for minor post (8/24/2004)
- WEA comes out in favor of Billings (8/19/2004)

JULY 2004 HEADLINES
- Lands commissioner says Democrats gave illegally to opponent (7/28/2004)
- Former state school chief Billings to run for her old job (7/22/2004)
- Republican hopeful says attorney general's office 'at a crossroads' (7/19/2004)

JUNE 2004 HEADLINES
- 3 governor candidates skirt campaign rules (6/17/2004)

MAY 2004 HEADLINES
- Owen seeks 3rd term as lieutenant governor (5/21/2004)

MARCH 2004 HEADLINES
- Sidran runs for attorney general (3/25/2004)
- Cooper running for public lands post (3/11/2004)

DECEMBER 2003 HEADLINES
- Several other leadership jobs are vacant (12/29/2003)

OCTOBER 2003 HEADLINES
- Ruderman to run for secretary of state (10/31/2003)