CAMPAIGN NEWS

Eleanor and I started Saturday early with the Tase T. Lentil 5K fun run down through the beautiful WSU campus, and then joined the festival parade with the children, my mom Dee and great volunteers. Thanks to everyone who helped me to 437 “high-fives” along the parade route! Washington state is one of the top US producers of lentils and it was great to celebrate our farmers and community.

I’m honored that our campaign for Congress has been endorsed by my former Senate colleague Brian Dansel and by Representative Jacquelin Maycumber. Both are hardworking public servants that impressed a lot of folks on the campaign trail. It’s important that Republicans unify if we are to win elections this November. Thank you Brian and Jacquelin!

I'm proud to have my friend Phil Altmeyer supporting me for Congress. His work in our community has been unrivaled for nearly four decades!

We had great fun last weekend at Davenport Pioneer Days! All the children were with us (a rare weekend without sports or scout camps!) - along with fantastic volunteers. Thank you for all the smiles and the high fives! We’ve had volunteers out waving signs in Spokane every weekday. Our wonderful supporters Michael and Mary Nguyen even painted a home-made flag to support the campaign. Thank you!

Thanks to Modern Electric for hosting me at “State of the City” in Spokane Valley last week. I enjoyed speaking at the Grand Opening of New World Nail & Spa in Spokane Valley. It’s important to support our small businesses! We also had a great time at Deer Park Settlers Day, meeting folks at the parade. Sunday morning, I was honored to meet members of the Slavic community at the Pilgrim Baptist Church. It’s wonderful to see how this community celebrates faith, family and hard

For those in the Walla Walla area, we would love to see you at our fundraising reception on Monday, July 29 - graciously hosted by Hon. Mike and Cory Hewitt, Paul and Gail Mackay, Ben and Sharon Sinner and Justin Wylie. Details are below, and you can also RSVP here .

We appreciate these supporters taking the time to share their thoughts with local newspapers. Lewiston Tribune: Vote for Baumgartner Bill Mulligan, Clarkston: “…Michael has committed to securing our borders, supporting law enforcement, improving management of public lands to check wildfires, and refocusing our military on defending our country. He has worked overseas where he developed an understanding and respect for many other cultures. He was with the Department of State i

Earlier this week I appreciated meeting with veterans and first responders in Deer Park. I was especially honored to receive a “Flag Star” from the local vet support group. Later in the day I attended a meeting in Northport about the Upper Columbia River.  The future of the Columbia River - and the dams that provide energy and agricultural transportation - are very important issues for our 5th District.

Last weekend we had a great team of supporters out for the Cheney Rodeo parade - and also down in Oakesdale for the Old Mill Days celebration. Thank you to everyone who joined us to help reach voters! You are very much appreciated.

On Saturday we joined Michael and Mary Nguyen and the Vietnamese-American Friendship Association (plus Filipino Association friends) for a fantastic lunch and celebration of America. It is wonderful to see the love that many of our Vietnamese friends have for our nation, and how deeply they appreciate our freedoms having escaped from communism - and also to honor our veterans who served in Vietnam.

On July 4th 1776, our great nation was born with the Declaration of Independence affirming that all persons “are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” We must uphold our Constitution and protect our God-given rights and our freedoms, which so many have paid the ultimate sacrifice to preserve. 4th of July on the Palouse Our family was especially excited to join the Johnson parade. I grew up i

Over these past few days we also travelled to Newport, Deer Park, Chewelah and Colville for more meet and greets over lemonade. Everywhere I’m hearing from voters who share my concerns about our open borders, the lawlessness and flood of fentanyl - as well as the growth in our federal government and our spiraling national debt. As your Congressman, these issues will be top of my priority list.

Ballots will be mailed out to voters in mid July, so please consider hosting a yard sign for our campaign over these next few weeks - at your home or business. Please contact Campaign Manager Erich Ebel at erich@votebaumgartner.com to request a sign. Thank you! **For those in Spokane, you can also collect yard signs from our campaign office at Monroe Court (901 N Monroe St, Spokane, WA 99201 - suite 320) - any weekday morning from 9am to 12pm.

A special thank you to deputy campaign manager Luke for stepping up to carry on the tradition of the Baumgartner campaign “hoop challenge” at Spokane’s huge Hoopfest weekend! Meanwhile we were grateful to have an awesome team out knocking on doors for the biggest Super Sunday yet - including our oldest son who was fresh off the basketball court but still full of energy!

Early last week I enjoyed meeting with the Mayor and city council members of Sprague and hearing about local priorities. That same day I visited the Lyon’s Ferry Fish hatchery to learn about the nearly seven million fish that are raised and released to support salmon runs and other fish species in our northwest rivers, streams and lakes. We also stopped in Walla Walla to visit with voters over ice cream and lemonade, and to meet with members of the County GOP.

Eleanor and I had a great time with the family at the SkyFest Air Show at Fairchild Air Force Base! One real highlight was when USAF Academy Wings of Blue cadet Annika spent some moments with our 10 year old daughter Victoria after parachuting onto base. It’s so great for our children to have role models to look up to (both figuratively and literally!) We love the amazing men and women of our United States Air Force.

We were grateful to have so many volunteers help us with parades in Lacrosse and Newport. We also once again had a great time on Sunday knocking on doors and earning votes. However, if you asked the kids, the real highlight of Sunday afternoon was taking a break from campaigning to attend the Monster Truck show in Spokane. I think we can all agree that in this time of political divisiveness, America needs more members of Congress who like Monster Trucks ;)

We started last Saturday in Medical Lake for the Founders Day parade. The progress made since the devastating Gray Road fire is a testament to the leadership and positivity of many Medical Lake community members including Mayor Terri Cooper. The wind didn’t dampen spirits and I counted more than 300 high fives! The same day we traveled north for the Colville Rodeo Parade . It was great to see the folks from Cormac Coil and Arden Tree Farms. If elected to Congress I’ll be a s

One of my favorite parts of being an elected official for nearly 15 years is mentoring young people (and those young at heart) who have an interest in getting a start in politics. My former campaign workers have gone into a wide array of political jobs - everything from running the state Republican party to working in the Trump White House. We’ve even had a few become elected officials themselves! This summer, we are looking for a select group of hard workers who would like t

Thank you to the Port of Whitman County and the US Army Corps of Engineers for the tour of Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River last Saturday morning. It was great to see firsthand the critical importance of the dams for agricultural transport and meeting our energy needs, and to see the phenomenal engineering and research that goes into supporting fish recovery. Congress authorized construction of the dams for the primary purpose of transportation. Now they are also vital fo