Vancouver resident Julia Dawn Seaver offers her support for Leslie Lewallen in the 3rd Congressional District race
Editor’s note: Opinions expressed in this letter to the editor are those of the author alone and do not reflect the editorial position of ClarkCountyToday.com.
I don’t know about you, but I can’t afford to live under Democrat policies: out of control inflation driving up food and gas prices; ridiculous “green” bills good only for reducing citizens’ wallets; a wide-open border with drugs and illegal migrants pouring in; and a government that wants to control everything from our children’s education to what kind of light bulbs we can use.
We need to send people to D.C. who will stop the assault on our pocketbooks and our civil liberties — people like Leslie Lewallen, who is running for Congess in the 3rd Congressional District.
Leslie is a fifth generation Washingtonian and former prosecutor with a no-nonsense approach to crime. She wants to finish the border wall and invest in law enforcement so they can do their jobs. She supports cutting spending and burdensome regulations to get the economy back on track. As a mother of four, Leslie knows that parents, not government, should be in charge of their children.
As a Camas City Council member, Leslie voted against raising the utility tax, and the excessive hiring of expensive consultants to save money for her constituents.
Incumbent Marie Glusenkamp Perez pretends to be moderate but is still a tax-and-spend Democrat who supports the light rail project voters have rejected multiple times. Republican Joe Kent and his extreme views were already rejected by voters two years ago when he lost the seat Republicans had held for 12 years.
Leslie is the only true Conservative in the race, an America First candidate who will stand up for the policies that put Americans first and the values that make our country great.
Julia Dawn Seaver
Vancouver
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Leslie hasn’t practiced law in decades. The majority of her limited campaign money has come from establishment coffers outside CD3. Leslie is very sweet and kind but not the strategic planner we really need right now. We must send a proven warrior to Washington and that person is Joe Kent.
What an inappropriate comment from a Republican Party state committee woman (elected by officers) to say about an elected Republican Camas councilor. I encourage Ms O’Neil to look into Leslie’s work on various city committees where she’s walked the talk. Her Camas efforts in school safety and bringing awareness to our drug epidemic validate that Leslie is committed to our next generation. She’s on the ground fighting these fights.
Joe Kent hasn’t been a warrior on the battlefield for almost a decade and we thank him for his sacrifice. Except for his years in the CIA, I can’t see what he’s done in SW WA except four years of political campaigning. I don’t fault him for that, and he certainly should have the free choice to try again, but local citizens trying to unseat the incumbent should not be faulted either.
As far as “Establishment coffers”, that’s just a word to spark divisiveness and Joe Kent’s own FEC reports many donors outside out district. I do prefer CCRP exec board members not publicly diminish elections of our own upstanding Republican elected officials. It’s not a good optic to prove to the base there’s “party unity”.
I applaud Mrs Lewallan for taking a pause in her impressive law career to raise her family. In fact, being a full time mother to four wonderful children is her highest qualification to represent my friend’s and family’s values.
I was elected overwhelmingly by the Clark County Republican Party. I have represented their wishes by getting Joe early endorsement with a super majority of the state committee representatives. The CCRP with a super majority also endorsed Joe Kent.
I think Leslie is beautiful, sweet, kind, and smart. I do not believe however that she has the tough, quick thinking strategic mind needed at this time to be my Congressman. That would be Joe Kent.
Joe was endorsed by 72 of the 235 then active PCOs. I want someone in Congress who will honor the proven, traditional Republican values reflected in limited government, tax cuts, deregulation, and a strong defense. That’s Leslie. Joe prefers big government solutions that are at odds with those policies. I appreciate his service and sacrifice but his policies are not aligned with the party and were rejected by the voters.
Thank you for bringing up the PCO races. CC Today readers, a PCO is elected in your precinct to represent you and your concerns to the county. Each precinct represents 1500 voters. Please take the time to find out if your Precinct Committee Officer is doing their job and deserves your vote. If no one is challenging your current officer they can file and win by default. Learn about the party by going to the CCRP website and attend our quarterly meetings.
Dawn is correct. We have too many PCO’s who do not do the job they were elected to do. The endorsement of Joe Kent was on the agenda for the meeting. The agenda is sent out five days in advance of the meeting. The meeting date and time is sent out a year in advance. 105 PCO’s representing nearly 160,000 voters voted and Joe Kent became the endorsed candidate. Joe is also endorsed in Cowlitz, Skamania, Lewis, Pacific, and the portion of CD 3 in Thurston county. Several of these counties endorsed unanimously!
The most important thing a voter can do is vote. Last election over 40,000 Republicans in CD 3 didn’t vote. No wonder the dems win. The website has a listing of all our vetted and endorsed candidates. To be considered for endorsement all you have to do is ask. Leslie didn’t even ask. Please vote for Joe Kent on Aug 6.
Leslie didn’t ask? She asked to be recognized as a Republican and the body shamefully refused and treated her horribly in the process.
Actually Leslie’s husband asked. His letter was returned because Leslie needed to do her job and ask. Leslie was rejected soundly at a special meeting called for the purpose of recognizing candidates as republicans. Perhaps her comment about not needing to kiss the ring of the CCRP had something to do with her reception.
Dawn please tell what Joe policies are not aligning with the party. Both you and Wendy just keep the same drum best if trashing him. ALL the counties, and the WSRP have ALL endorsed him. THST should tell you clearly tgst the people have spoken. But as usual y’all are trying to smear him. 🤦♀️
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I attended a candidate forum in Centralia a while back with Leslie Lewallen and Joe K
Leslie Lewallen clearly dominated the discussion and came out on top.
Joe has already proven himself unelectable in CD-3. I remember well!
He lost in the wide open General to a weak Democrat then publically declared “Mission accomplished” LOL!
Out of touch much?
We need an an experienced leader to legislate.
Leslie Lewallen has been an effective Camas city council woman.
She Is passionate about our future. Ready fight back against crippling inflation caused in part by a skyrocketing national debt and wasteful spending…., and Leslie is prepared to win!
She HAS written bills, KNOWS the law, and knows how to legislate!
She is a proven leader in Clark County and IS committed winning OUR CD-3 seat for Republicans and for SW WASHINGTON.
The ONLY reason Kent lost to Perez is because the ROMNEY RNC massively funded two (2) sandbaggers to divert votes so Perez would win. Perez won. Hope you are happy with that. Same is going on now. Lovely Leslie will make sure that Perez is re-elected. That’s how democrats WIN and republiSTOOPIDS LOSE.
The November ballot had Joe’s name on it, not Heidi’s. He lost it on his own.
Hm. Is being an attorney really an attribute for elected office? Kamala Harris was attorney general.
The answer to your question can be found in the district of criminals; the majority of the people we “elected” to “represent” us are law-yuhs. They write laws that only they can understand and that ONLY benefit them (“we have to pass the ‘law’ to find out what is in it”). Actually it is a conflict of interest to have somebody versed in the law to write laws, and no person versed in the law should be elected to represent us, as we are all seeing the results of having law-yuhs write our laws and “represent” us.
Why didn’t she stop the fluoridation of Camas? She has 4 children. That poison in her city’s water causes cancer and lower’s IQs. http://www.FluorideAlert.org or http://www.FluorideActionNetwork.org.
I’ve written in CCT previously…if we don’t get rid of the “jungle primary” we will continue to have dissension in our party.
The normal primary system was the vehicle used to establish who the Republican candidate would be to run against a Democrat.
Under the current system, there will always be someone who gets there nose out of joint because their candidate didn’t get the votes to move on to the general election.
Wayde Hager said it best at the early CCRCC quarterly meeting where Joe Kent was endorsed. Mr. Hager stated he supported Joe Kent last election and he won the primary. Mr. Hager went on to say if Heidi St. John had won he would have been happy to vote for her.
That is the problem in a nutshell. “Jungle primaries” pit Republicans against each other in a more deleterious manner than Democrats. Somehow Democrats close ranks on their victorious candidate no matter what, while some Republicans, whose candidate wasn’t successful, want to take their marbles and go home. We, as Republicans, cannot afford that action.
So we’re stuck with the “jungle primary”. Precinct Committee Officers (PCOs) in the Clark County Republican Party endorsed Joe Kent and not Leslie Lewallen.
Because there is no traditional Republican Primary the PCOs endorsing Joe Kent and not Leslie Lewallen are a de facto primary of sorts. It’s not perfect, but it’s the best that can be done under the present system.
The split Republican vote looming in August’s primary threatens both Republican candidates but certainly not the Democrat.
Where’s Brian Heywood with another initiative to remedy this unbearable situation?
It’s wishful thinking to believe that 72 PCOs can make a pick a candidate nearly two years before the election and that all Republicans in the county will magically fall in line–not to mention moderates and Independents. The voters already spoke on this matchup and Joe lost. You know what they say about doing the same over and over and expecting a different outcome.
You are right, Tom. The evidence is right in front of those that want to see: Perez does NOT have any competition, and here is Lovely Leslie trying to pull a Heidi St.John to insure Perez gets re-elected. Republicans are called the STUPID Party for good reason. Makes you wonder just which “party” Lovely Leslie actually belongs to…..
Joe Kent lost the election 2 years ago, because Heidi St. John promised to drop out of the election if Trump endorsed Kent. Trump did endorse Kent and Heidi did not drop out. She split the republican vote.
I believe in Joe Kent.
Marie Glusenkamp Perez got elected because of Heidi St. John’s broken promise.
Is your life better because of Marie Glusenkamp Perez. NO. She followed Biden’s policies exactly. This nation is falling apart because of the Democrats policies. How did China get to buy up large chunks of American land, near military bases?
I had worked 45 years of my life and get $1,300 SS a month. Perez and the Democrats give the illegal immigrants $2,000 a month for living expenses for invading our country. They never contributed to SS. That should upset all Americans.
Joe Kent went to the Mexican Border. Did Leslie Lewallen go to the Border and witness the invasion, crime, human trafficking, and talk to the border guards? Why doesn’t Trump endorse Lewallen? Lewallen was a council member of Camas. Why didn’t she stop fluoridation in Camas?
I just heard a telephone poll for these candidates. Lewallan couldn’t come up with any cases she tried. How long has she been a lawyer? Ask Lewallen for her prosecuting history. What firm did she work for? Can Julia Dawn Seaver answer that? Did she use her law degree?
Dr. Phil went to the border. Did Lewallen?
VOTE JOE KENT
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Heidi’s name was not on the November ballot. Joe’s was. He lost it on his own.
Ms. Seaver seems to forget the 3rd Congressional District is made up of 6 counties – Lewis, Pacific, Wahkiakum, Cowlitz, Clark and Skamania.
Clark County was not alone in endorsing Joe Kent…the other five counties all endorsed him and many folks in those counties never heard of Leslie Lewallen.
Ms. Seaver seems to believe the Party has to become more attractive to Independents and disaffected Democrats than our own Republican voters. That approach has been tried for over 30 years and it has failed miserably.
Watering down our principles hoping to attract other voting blocs only shows voters a lack of spine for what we believe and our Party then becomes unattractive to our own Republican voters.
What would your position be if the candidate you supported in a normal primary wasn’t the winner? Would you vote for that primary winner in the General election? I hope you would support the winning candidate regardless of whether it was your first choice or not.
Some Leslie Lewallen supporters at the CCRCC quarterly meeting tried to prevent an endorsement of Joe Kent. They made a motion to not endorse Joe Kent…debate ensued…the motion was voted down by wide margin and ultimately Joe Kent was endorsed.
There are constant complaints, in some quarters of the Republican Party, that we can’t win elections in Washington State. Well that’s true if we don’t show the solidarity necessary to take the fight to the Democrats and exercise the authority we have to elect Republicans, whether or not they are our first choice.
Most of us have “held our nose” and voted for a candidate that wasn’t our first choice. The goal here is to oust Democrats.
We will then have the luxury to primary elected Republicans not doing the job.
The other counties have even fewer people. There was likely fewer than 40 votes to endorse in most of those counties. This is in a district of 770,000 people. It’s a fact that there are not enough conservative Republicans in the state to get far right candidates elected. Culp and Kent demonstrated that in 2022. Bird and Kent will prove it again this year. If you have any hope of moving the state in a more conservative direction we need to first get Republicans in office. That means we need electable candidates. The notion that we can take the state from deep blue to deep red in one election cycle is ludicrous.
For many of us conservatives “electable candidates” is a red flag for compromising with Democrats.
Democrats never compromise on what it is they want… Republicans are expected to rubber-stamp the Dems agenda for a few crumbs of legislative pap so the “electable candidates” look like they’ve brought home the bacon.
The legislation passed by Democrats since they’ve taken over Olympia regarding – 2nd amendment rights; prohibiting law enforcement from doing their job; taking away parents rights; the Climate Change Act which has added around a dollar to a gallon of gas and more.
There should have been a solid wall of “no” votes from Republicans but I believe you’ll find that not to be the case. The Democrats then get to typify these legislative disasters as”bi-partisan” bills so the public won’t get wise to the game.
While life has changed in the United States since our founding, the belief of limited government is still a must, if you don’t think so, just look at Great Britain and the complete extinction of free speech in that country.
We’re next if the Left has their way… beware of “electable candidates”!