This is interesting enough.

Hoping to capitalize on the burgeoning conservative grass-roots movement, Mary Ruth Edwards announced Monday that she would run for Doc Hastings’ seat in the U.S. House.

Edwards, a 49-year-old Prosser elementary school teacher, will run as a Constitution Party candidate. She announced her candidacy with a news release, joining a race that includes Democrat Jay Clough, who announced in November that he was running.

Hastings has not announced plans for a campaign but is the Republican Party’s presumptive candidate in the 4th Congressional District, which he has represented since winning election in 1994.

Edwards is a former Marine and a single mother of two, who advises the drama department at Prosser High School along with her job teaching at Whitstran Elementary School. In 2009 she founded a local group within the 912 Project — the grass-roots movement led by conservative commentator Glenn Beck. She is running on a platform of state sovereignty and strict constitutionalism.

What’s a Glen Beck-ist doing brainwashing our school children?
Okay, never mind that, though.  The more interesting thing for me is that the commenters don’t know about Washington State’s election process.

This is a really stupid move because third parties never win. She should challenge Doc in the primary instead of splitting the conservative vote in the general election and increasing the chances that a socialist liberal will win. Fortunately, Doc will still win despite losing a few votes to this nobody.

You are absolutely right! Someone should try to talk sense into this person. If she doesn’t like the job that Hastings is doing then challenge him in the primary, don’t dillute the conservative vote and give the left wing progressives a chance at taking the seat.

If Ms. Edwards was serious she would run as Republican. It would nice to have some alternative Republicans to choose from for Congress but no way will I support a third party candidate. This is one thing Michele Strobel understands in her campaign against Norm Johnson – running as a Republican is the best way to defeat an incumbent in Central Washington. That’s exactly what Curtis King did when he beat Jim Clements.

Hey.  They passed this law in 2004.  You should know it.

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