Senator Mike Padden

Sen. Padden discusses 1976 Electoral College vote with KIRO radio Sen. Padden spoke with KIRO radio in Seattle and reporter Feliks Banel about his 1976 vote in the Electoral College. Padden, a Republican elector from Washington’s 5th Congressional District, cast his ballot for Ronald Reagan, rather than President Gerald Ford, who carried the state in the general election, prompting legislation... Read More...

Sen. Padden tells the story of his Electoral College vote Sen. Padden appeared recently on a pair of national broadcasts aired on public radio networks, recounting the story of his 1976 Electoral College vote. Padden, a Republican elector from Washington’s 5th Congressional District, cast his ballot for Ronald Reagan, rather than Gerald Ford, who carried the state — one of... Read More...

Sen. Mike Padden: DOC, governor must accept responsibility for deadly prison releases This op-ed originally appeared in The (Spokane) Spokesman-Review, June 11, 2016. One of the most disturbing things about the deadly prison-release scandal at the Department of Corrections is the way top state officials keep telling us it wasn’t their fault. The governor’s investigators went to great lengths to blame midlevel... Read More...

Padden named Guardian of Small Business by Washington NFIB OLYMPIA … Sen. Mike Padden, R-Spokane Valley, has been recognized for his support of small business and entrepreneurship by the National Federation of Independent Business, the state’s largest small-business association. Padden has been named a Guardian of Small Business by the NFIB, in recognition of his 100-percent voting record on... Read More...

We’re already covered: The federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 makes a state law unnecessary The following guest column appeared in The Inlander of Spokane on June 2, 2016. By Sen. Mike Padden, R-Spokane Valley The admirable cause of civil rights is being misused by partisans in the progressive camp as a tool to bash Republicans. We saw it happen last month in the Inlander,... Read More...

Committee chair calls on governor to accept responsibility for deadly prison releases Senate report on Corrections scandal approved by Law and Justice committee PUYALLUP… The Senate Law and Justice Committee, meeting Thursday at Puyallup City Hall, gave formal approval to a report on the deadly prisoner releases by the Department of Corrections that turned loose some 3,000 of the state’s most violent... Read More...

Senate report on deadly prison releases blames Corrections execs, governor’s office Comprehensive legislative inquiry finds incompetence, malfeasance at highest levels OLYMPIA … A draft Senate report says top officials at the Department of Corrections and the governor’s office bear major responsibility for one the worst management failures in state-government history – the improper early release of some 3,000 of Washington’s most... Read More...