A little more from the 5th LD in Sammamish, where again there was some curious rumbling for Mitt Romney… More pictures continue the story after the jump. 

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It was a wild day in the 5th Legislative District on the Sammamish Plateau. Although there were no organized or disorganized bare-knuckle brawls, there was some heated political debate among the crowd of a little less than 300. Some braved the verbal onslaughts to support candidates such as Ron Paul, others fought for Mitt Romney […]

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The calm atmosphere at Pacific Freshman Campus in Issaquah never wavered today as people filed in and filed out, feeling confident in their choices.
Precinct caucus chair Steve Ruly wasn’t surprised by how cordial the event was.
“It’s very local and people live within two to three blocks of each other,” Ruly said. “For me, it was […]

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As I checked in with various precincts while they tallied their results, several seemed to be heavily in favor of Obama. Liz just reported to me that 7 of the 19 precincts meeting here favored Obama.
Alicia Moneyhun, the enthusiastic Clinton supporter I spoke with earlier, seemed dejected as she told me that 80% of her […]

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By Brad Zimmerman and Will Mari
The 250 or so people in Discovery Elementary’s cafeteria are wrapping things up. 
A really rough count by organizers at this GOP caucus site gives about 60-70 percent of the vote to McCain, with Huckabee coming in second and Ron Paul third.
“We had a good turnout, the quantity was here, and […]

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I was wrong. There are well over 500 people at today’s caucus, nearly three times the turnout of 2004. One man just walked by yelling, “We need more sign up sheets! There are 80 people in my precinct!”
One of the most surprising things is the number of younger voters. Brian Hitchner, 17, and his classmate […]

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The cafeteria at the Pacific Cascade ninth grade campus is packed full of people ready to caucus.
Hank Thomas, the area caucus coordinator, has just started explaining the caucus agenda to the crowd. He started off by saying he is grateful for George W. Bush because he has encouraged the Democrats to come out in […]

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Precinct meetings underway
By Brad Zimmerman and Will Mari
“We’ll try and be as expeditious as possible; remember, we’re Republicans,” said Dave Irons, GOP the precinct captain.
He’s speaking behind me and introducing the caucus process, explaining some of the rules and what’s going to happen next, especially the 1:30 break-out meetings of the individual precincts.
John Tuohy, a […]

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It’s a pretty relaxed atmosphere at Pacific Cascade Freshman Campus (the site of Sammamish’s 5th district.) In less than an hour, this building will house over 250 people from 19 districts.
Very early support is showing for Obama. David Huttenan arrived an hour ago with his wife to attend his first caucus. He said Obama’s […]

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By Brad Zimmerman and Will Mari
We’re up and live out at the pooled GOP caucus site for the northern half of the Sammamish Plateau.
People are still filing in, and the atmosphere at Discovery Elementary is fairly mellow. Costco cookies and apple juice stock one of the school’s fold-out tables in the corner.
The crowd is mostly […]

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