Similarly, the administrative partner of K&L Gates LLPs Washington office, David T. Case, said of hiring Gordon as a partner last March: Adding Chairman Gordon to an already accomplished public policy and law team which also includes former...

Still, Wilbur called Baumgartner a credible candidate who, if lacking in much political experience, "has a fire in his belly. And he's smart." Christian Sinderman, a Democratic consultant who managed Cantwell's 2000 campaign against then-Sen. Slade...

Not every state with an independent commission has ended up mired in controversy. In Washington, for example, a commission with two Democrats and two Republicans unanimously approved new legislative and congressional lines. One of the Republican...

Gorton, who turned 84 on Jan. 8, is one of the four appointees who carved Washington's new congressional districts. From political watchers I heard no worries whether octogenarian Gorton would hold his own. The worries were that he would snooker his...

“I think a tune-up and an overhaul would be in line,” Huff said of the process. He said the commission could save as much as $1 million by shortening the time frame. But Gorton, the other Republican on the panel which was led by nonvoting chairwoman...

He has more than 20 years of success and accomplishments in national health care policy development, business development, and leadership. He served for nearly nine years in the offices of the U.S. Senate, where he was responsible for health policy...