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Chris Vance is a public affairs consultant who lives in Auburn, Wash. He was chair of the Republican Party in Washington from 2001-06, a King County Council member from 1994-2001, and a state representative from 1991-93. He can be reached at cvapv@comcast.net.
Active since April 2007
Stories by Chris Vance
Inside Politics 2012: It's the gas prices, stupid!
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READ MORE | 28 COMMENTSInside Politics, 2012: Can Republicans control Legislature? Races look tight
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READ MORE | 10 COMMENTSInside Politics, 2012: How Obama helps Washington D's, and Romney can help the R's
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READ MORE | 11 COMMENTSNew rules could mean a long, dramatic battle for the GOP presidential nominee
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READ MORE | COMMENT NOWProgress in Olympia, stalemates in Congress
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READ MORE | 1 COMMENTSWhy state redistricting will favor the GOP
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READ MORE | 13 COMMENTSJoe Zarelli brings bipartisan budgeting back to the Senate
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READ MORE | 9 COMMENTSWhy the GOP tide fell short in Washington state
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READ MORE | 31 COMMENTSWhat polls got the U.S. Senate race right?
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READ MORE | COMMENT NOWState GOP getting closer with suburbanites
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READ MORE | 21 COMMENTSElection Day 2: Today's results will be key
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READ MORE | COMMENT NOWSorting through the final day polls and spin
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READ MORE | 14 COMMENTSDown to the wire with dueling polls
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READ MORE | COMMENT NOWGOP indicators still running strong
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READ MORE | COMMENT NOWBad sign for Democrats: Adam Smith may be in trouble
By Chris Vance
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWOne week to go: Could election be any closer?
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READ MORE | COMMENT NOWMurray-Rossi: Why the polls are a coin-flip
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READ MORE | COMMENT NOWWhy are the polls so wildly different in the Rossi-Murray race?
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READ MORE | 16 COMMENTSPolls: The fog around the size of GOP gains
By Chris Vance
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWWhy Adam Smith is going negative
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READ MORE | COMMENT NOWNew poll: Advantage, Rossi
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READ MORE | COMMENT NOWPolls show brightening skies for Democrats
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READ MORE | COMMENT NOWMurray-Rossi race is shifting again
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READ MORE | COMMENT NOWNew nationwide polls show the parties essentially tied
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READ MORE | COMMENT NOWExplaining big gaps in this year's election polls
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READ MORE | COMMENT NOWSurvey suggests Adam Smith could have election trouble
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READ MORE | COMMENT NOWShift toward Murray seems confirmed
By Chris Vance
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWMore good poll news for Murray
By Chris Vance
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWIs Murray really taking a lead over Rossi?
By Chris Vance
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWVance report: GOP tide could swamp the state's D.C. races, and Olympia too
By Chris Vance
READ MORE | 35 COMMENTSState election results show Republican tide
By Chris Vance
READ MORE | 11 COMMENTSVance Report: A red tide is still favoring Republicans
By Chris Vance
READ MORE | 24 COMMENTSThe Vance Report: Look out, Democrats. National politics will drive state's election
By Chris Vance
READ MORE | 9 COMMENTSIn Murray-Rossi polling, when is a blip just a blip?
By Chris Vance
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWThe Vance Report: Rossi move means real fight
By Chris Vance
READ MORE | 11 COMMENTSRepublican tsunami in 2010: still inevitable?
By Chris Vance
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWThe Vance Report: A rising tide lifts many Republican boats
By Chris Vance
READ MORE | 18 COMMENTSThe Vance Report: Handicapping 2010 races, as the GOP tide swells
By Chris Vance
READ MORE | 32 COMMENTSVance Report: Early lines on 2010 races
By Chris Vance
READ MORE | 4 COMMENTSRepublican hopes are rising for 2010
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READ MORE | 19 COMMENTSElection 09: Suburban voters are coming back to their GOP home
By Chris Vance
READ MORE | 14 COMMENTSKing County's running out of cuts
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READ MORE | 24 COMMENTSHow Obama is rebuilding the GOP base
By Chris Vance
READ MORE | 28 COMMENTSVery stormy weather
By Chris Vance
READ MORE | 11 COMMENTSCan we talk about what the County really does?
By Chris Vance
READ MORE | 19 COMMENTSTrade wars: bad news for Washington state
By Chris Vance
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWEarth to GOP: start talking about real solutions
By Chris Vance
READ MORE | 11 COMMENTSIn Olympia, moderate Democrats now call the tune
By Chris Vance
READ MORE | 5 COMMENTSObama cannot repeal basic economic laws
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READ MORE | COMMENT NOWOkay Obama. You wanna debate taxes?
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READ MORE | 9 COMMENTSWe don't need a plan. We need to finish the highways part
By Chris Vance
READ MORE | 42 COMMENTSWhy has free trade, key to this state's economy, gone all wobbly?
By Chris Vance
READ MORE | 20 COMMENTS2008: Year of Hope, Year of Fear. Essay 3
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READ MORE | 1 COMMENTSThe suburban road for reviving local Republicans
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READ MORE | 32 COMMENTSSo much for non-partisanship
By Chris Vance
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWThe real reason Dino Rossi lost
By Chris Vance
READ MORE | 25 COMMENTSA great big dose of antiestablishmentarianism
By David Brewster, Knute Berger, O. Casey Corr, Daniel Jack Chasan, and Chris Vance
READ MORE | 8 COMMENTSThat regional government we so desperately need is called a county council
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READ MORE | 20 COMMENTSThe fact is, there's not enough money in politics – really
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READ MORE | 22 COMMENTSMy way is the highway, and so it is for most people
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READ MORE | 34 COMMENTSHow to fix Washington's graduation standards
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READ MORE | 13 COMMENTSThe WASL test: What went wrong
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READ MORE | 18 COMMENTSRemembering Jennifer Dunn
By Chris Vance
READ MORE | 6 COMMENTSSome significant signs in a little-noticed election
By David Brewster, Knute Berger, O. Casey Corr, and Chris Vance
READ MORE | 18 COMMENTSWashington and the presidential election
By Chris Vance
READ MORE | 11 COMMENTSThe multi-party transportation politics of metro Puget Sound
By Chris Vance
READ MORE | 30 COMMENTSDino Rossi + money + smart candidate recruiting + luck = a state GOP comeback
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