Washington State Blanket Primary; letter from Terry Hunt, Master of Washington State Grange, to a state representation regarding efforts to preserve the blanket primary (2002); blanket primary proposal H-1491.3(copy); Bill enacting the preservation of blanket primaries; letter to state representatives regarding reform to the election process; testimony on blanket primary submitted to Members of the House Select Elections Committee by professor David Olson (2001); Grangers for Citizens Preserving the Blanket Primary Initiative Explained (2001); editorial to the Columbian written by Dan Ogden (2000); misc. notes; Supreme Court of the United States California Democratic Party et al. v. Jones, Secretary of state of California et al. (copy); copy of a letter from Washington Attorney General Christine O. Gregoire to Governor Gary Locke and Secretary of State Ralph Munro re: the constitutionality of the blanket primary; order by the two major parties to leave the September 2000 primaries unchanged; motion for primary injunction; memo from the Attorney general of Washington with a summary on alternatives to the blanket primary; news clippings; The Blanket Primary and Party Regularity in Washington essay by Daniel M. Ogden, Jr. (1948); Washington’s Popular Primary by Daniel M. Ogden Jr. (1951).

File — Drawer: 2, Folder: 61

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From the Collection:

The collection includes political campaign ephemera compiled by Dr. Daniel M. Ogden during his time as a Political Science professor at Washington State College and during his time as an advance man for John F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign in the 1960s.

Materials relating to the many facets of Ogden’s career in public utilities are included in this collection including those used for the purpose of Ogden’s dissertation, “The Development of Federal Power Policy in the Pacific Northwest.” Included are pamphlets, ephemera, public and private power reports, correspondence, newspaper clippings, research notes, legislative documents and the dissertation. Materials on Public/Private Power issues collected after completion of Ogden’s dissertation in 1949 are also included.