The coming months promise to be stimulating, and very exciting by the end of October!  Dino is doing very well in the polls – and we now have a Clallam County chairman for his campaign: former Port Angeles Mayor Glenn Wiggins.  We need to work hard to get Dino elected – so please volunteer for phone calling, doorbelling, help for events, sign-building and locations. Call Glenn at (360) 457-7700 or email him at glenn@olypen.com.

We're postponing our Ice Cream Social for a month on the advice of the Sequim Prairie Grange, who does this as a fundraiser.  They suggest "Wait until it's warmer" – good advice with the unusually cool weather we're having this spring!  Stay tuned for the new date!!

It is with great sadness that we heard of our friend Johann Samlowski's passing, and our thoughts and prayers go out to Brigitte and his family.  Johann was a stalwart in the county party, involved in many party activities, and served as Central Committee and County Convention secretary.  We'll sure miss you, Johann!

Our next State Committee meeting is May 3rd, and we should be hearing more about the "top two" primary there, so look for a report about that.  We're also gearing up for the State Convention at the end of May.

On a more localized front, we now have two Republican candidates running in the 24th Legislative District race currently held by incumbent Kevin Van DeWege.  The most recent candidate is Randy Dutton from Gray's Harbor County.  His website is www.randydutton.com. [See page 4.] There is at least one other person considering running for the position, so the primaries will be interesting indeed!

Be sure to mark your calendar for the May 27th meeting of the RWCC at Joshua's Restaurant to hear Tim Ford, who's running for Court of Appeals (a nonpartisan position).  He's very well-qualified, and an interesting speaker, one whom we need to support!  [See p. 4.]

Speaking of running, if you're interested in serving as a Precinct Committee Officer (PCO), contact me about application for filing.  The deadline is June 6th and the filing fee is a whopping one dollar!  If you'd like to know more about what a PCO does, come to the next Central Committee meeting, or check out the information on our website: www.clallamrepublicans.org/pco.html.  The elected PCO is the closest link for Republican representation to the county party.  You must live in the precinct where you file.

Now's the time to start gearing up to get involved with the county party for this important election year.  We're going to need your help to get Republicans elected.  Please get involved: contact your PCO or myself to find out how!

Until next time,

Sue Forde, Chair
Clallam County Republican Party

Sue can be reached at 360-681-3023 or 360-681-7111, or by email: sueforde@clallamrepublicans.org