Some Rural Lawmakers Defy Power Erosion

07/14/11 RITZVILLE, Wash. -- State Senator Mark Schoesler might seem a marginalized man at first glance. In this ever bluer state, he is deep red Republican. In his dusty hometown here in rural eastern Washington, the population is in perpetual decline and Main Street resists revival. Although it has been nearly 20 years since Mr. Schoesler became a state lawmaker, fewer and fewer of his colleagues in ...

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State Senator surprised by firing

07/11/11 Photo by Jim Misunas Great Bend Tribune Kansas State Senator Allen Schmidt (D-Hays) visits Larned State Hospital earlier this spring. He was susprised when he was advised that LSH Superintendent Robert Connell would be fired.

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Gloria Grace pens book on respect and discipline

07/16/11 Debra Strickland came out to support as Polk Education Association and Polk County teachers led a protest on Central Avenue in front of State Senator J.D. Alexander's office in the Lake Wales Municipal Center in Lk. Wales Fl. , Friday March 3, 2011.

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