LIVE from Cheney Stadium: Goldmark, Ladenburg address Rally for Change

We've just heard from two candidates running in downballot races here at Cheney Stadium: Peter Goldmark, who is seeking the office of Lands Commissioner, and John Ladenburg, who is seeking the office of Attorney General.

While the candidates were warmly welcomed, their biggest applause lines came not when they talked about their own campaigns, but when they talked about Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and Chris Gregoire...our nominees for President, Vice President, and Governor, respectively. What this shows is that even though we have great candidates running in these downballot contests, general public awareness of what the Attorney General and Lands Commissioner do is pretty low.

Peter Goldmark was introduced by Congressman Jim McDermott, who, in his introduction of Peter Goldmark, mentioned that he supports the Northwest Progressive Institute's Downballot Project...an effort to provide better political coverage of under-appreciated races. We had a chance to interview Peter about how his campaign is going, and we'll release that interview as a podcast shortly.

We're due to hear from Darcy Burner next.