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Bruce served as Chair of the Whatcom County Libertarian Party in this period. | Bruce served as Chair of the Whatcom County Libertarian Party in this period. | ||
Bruce's first wife of almost 17 years died of leukemia caused by chemotherapy which had been intended to treat breast cancer near the end of 2005. | Bruce's first wife of almost 17 years died of leukemia caused by chemotherapy which had been intended to treat breast cancer near the end of 2005. | ||
Bruce ran for US Senate in 2006 against incumbent (D) Maria Cantwell and R challenger Mike McGavick. There was also a Green candidate. A huge effort was launched by WA LP leaders to make this a significant campaign that would have a lasting benefit for the WA LP. A campaign office was rented and Travis Wright was hired as campaign manager. Ruth Bennett, Richard Shepard, J. Mills, Brett Wilhelm and many others formed the campaign committee. Travis Wright had TV ads produced that mimicked the Fandango paper bag puppets. | Bruce ran for US Senate in 2006 against incumbent (D) Maria Cantwell and R challenger Mike McGavick. There was also a Green candidate. A huge effort was launched by WA LP leaders to make this a significant campaign that would have a lasting benefit for the WA LP. A campaign office was rented and Travis Wright was hired as campaign manager. Ruth Bennett, Richard Shepard, J. Mills, Brett Wilhelm, David Wordinger and many others formed the campaign committee. Travis Wright had TV ads produced that mimicked the Fandango paper bag puppets. | ||
KING 5 produced televised debates each election cycle. It was discovered that the hurdles to get in to the debates were that the candidate had to raise 10% of what the winning candidate for Governor raised last election. This sum was about $10 million. Bruce realized that the sum of his home value and his investment portfolio was about a million, and J. Mills worked out how these assets could be pledged to the campaign in order to satisfy the fundraising requirements. Guthrie never intended to spend any of this money, but that fact was kept secret so that the other candidates would have to worry that the well-produced TV ads that Travis Wright had commissioned might be run. | KING 5 produced televised debates each election cycle. It was discovered that the hurdles to get in to the debates were that the candidate had to raise 10% of what the winning candidate for Governor raised last election. This sum was about $10 million. Bruce realized that the sum of his home value and his investment portfolio was about a million, and J. Mills worked out how these assets could be pledged to the campaign in order to satisfy the fundraising requirements. Guthrie never intended to spend any of this money, but that fact was kept secret so that the other candidates would have to worry that the well-produced TV ads that Travis Wright had commissioned might be run. | ||
Bruce Guthrie appeared in the statewide televised debate. It was the first time any Libertarian candidate had been included. | Bruce Guthrie appeared in the statewide televised debate. It was the first time any Libertarian candidate had been included. | ||