Washington State GOP Articles
Help Us Repeal The Long-Term Care Tax!
Starting January 1, 2022, every employee that works in Washington State will be subject to an uncapped payroll tax that will automatically take .58% out of their paychecks unless they purchased a qualifying private care plan. This new tax is called the Long-Term Care Tax. This program is incredibly flawed and has been poorly received for many reasons, including that the private care plans needed to opt-out were hard to buy and some of them ended up not even qualifying to opt-out! The[...]
Inslee Is Playing Political Games, Again
BELLEVUE — The Washington State Republican Party (WSRP) Chairman Caleb Heimlich issued the following statement on Governor Inslee appointing State Senator Steve Hobbs (D - Lake Stevens) to be the interim Secretary Of State for Washington. "This is a crass political move by Governor Inslee to help pass his radical liberal agenda by removing an obstacle from the State Senate. This is yet another poor appointment by a man who has a long history of making picks based on politics that hurt our state, such as Suzi LeVine.[...]
WSRP Statement On Upcoming Vacant Secretary Of State Office
BELLEVUE — The Washington State Republican Party (WSRP) issued the following statement today, in response to the upcoming Secretary of State of Washington vacancy: "We thank Secretary of State Wyman for her decades of work in elections and service to the people of Washington State," said WSRP Chairman Caleb Heimlich."Today’s news is disappointing as it is a real loss for the people of Washington State who just last November voted for her to lead our elections. I call on Governor Inslee to listen to the[...]
600 Days
600 days! Since February 29th of 2020 until now, Governor Inslee has been ruling our state with unchecked emergency powers.Our Constitution created a representative form of government. The people’s representatives are intended to legislate. Our system is not designed for one man to make unilateral, arbitrary decisions for 600 days governing every area of life for over 7 million Washingtonians.This is an incredibly frustrating time. As Governor Inslee continues to make capricious decisions impacting firefighters, police officers, WSDOT[...]
WSRP Statement On Draft Congressional District Maps
BELLEVUE — Washington State Republican Party (WSRP) Chairman Caleb Heimlich issued the following response to the draft Congressional District maps that were released today by the Redistricting Commission: "Electoral competition is a vital element in the spirit and the laws governing our state's redistricting process. I am proud that our Republican Commissioners have taken healthy competition into account when releasing their draft maps. Competitive districts give voters more choices, make candidates work harder, and are better for the[...]
Washington State Democrats Are Trying To Gerrymander Our State
BELLEVUE — The Washington State Republican Party (WSRP) today released the following statement in response to the Washington State Redistricting Commission unveiling draft Legislative District maps: "Democrats are trying to gerrymander our Legislative Districts and stop the voters from deciding elections. Republicans are working to give more voters a choice on election day." said WSRP Chairman Caleb Heimlich. "The Democrat Commissioners' draft redistricting maps are the definition of political hackery with the majority of seats drawn to be safe and keep Democrats in perpetual control.[...]
Schrier Is Underwater
New polling has come out this week showing that Congresswoman Kim Schrier (Democrat - WA-08) is underwater with voters – she is losing in the 8th Congressional District by 4 percent against a generic Republican! The main reason? Voters know that Rep. Schrier is a steadfast supporter of Joe Biden's radical agenda. In fact, she already voted for the $3.5 TRILLION socialist spending package, despite acknowledging that flooding the economy with irresponsible government spending is causing a rapid rise in inflation. This means higher[...]
Washington State Republicans Endorse Tiffany Smiley For U.S. Senate
BELLEVUE — The Washington State Republican Party (WSRP) today has announced their endorsement of Tiffany Smiley (R - Pasco) for U.S. Senate in 2022: "This is an unprecedented action taken by the Washington State Republican Party but Tiffany Smiley is an unprecedented candidate. We have a golden opportunity to change our state and country for the better by standing with Tiffany in her race to win this U.S. Senate seat," said WSRP Chairman Caleb Heimlich. "In less than six months as a[...]