"Booth Who?" was the slogan that puckish campaign aides famously used for Booth Gardner's early campaign buttons and yardsigns back when he wasn't exactly a household name yet. He eventually hit the political version of a Grand Slam, serving in the state Senate, Pierce County Executive and as the two-term governor.
It's a story well known in Washington state, and now the subject of a short documentary that's up for an Academy Award Sunday evening. It's called "The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner," a reference to the popular former governor's debilitating battle with Parkinson's and his crusade to legalize physician-assisted suicide. This "last campaign" is also recounted in a Legacy Project biography now nearing completion. It's called "Booth Who?" and is written by chief historian John Hughes.
Part Ruddell family reunion and part a series of workshops on how to research your own family’s history, our “Ruddell Riddle” event attracted more than 100 people last Saturday. The event was held at the General Administration Building and hosted by the Office of Secretary of State.
This afternoon the Governor’s Mansion was packed with all sorts of guests – including its former lady of the house. Nancy Evans, the youngest Washington first lady in state history and advocate for saving the mansion from demolition, was the guest of honor at today’s reception celebrating the launch of her oral history as part of the Office of Secretary of State’s Legacy Project.
Washington's first and only woman astronaut, Bonnie Dunbar, is the most recent subject of the Office of Secretary of State’s Legacy Project.
Former Nirvana bassist-turned-political activist Krist Novoselic regaled a Capitol audience today with stories of how he went from being a member of arguably the most influential rock band in the 1990s to his current involvement with politics and the Grange.
