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Brad Shannon maintains this blog. He is political editor at The Olympian and can be reached at 360-753-1688 or bshannon@theolympian.com . House Republican Leader Richard DeBolt of Chehalis filed for re-election this morning, and the 20th district lawmaker says he expects his party to move closer to parity with Democrats in the November election.

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HOODSPORT, WA - A 64-year-old man said he shot and killed his wife of 37 years with a shotgun after they had been arguing all day and it escalated to the point where his wife just screamed at him that he should "just shoot her" because she couldn't take it anymore, police said Friday.