HHR Blog is pleased to bring Jim DiPeso to this week’s radio program. Jim DiPeso is the Vice President for Policy Direction for Republicans for Environmental Protection, a major national organization dedicated to applying Republican solutions to conservation.

The Washington House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the Washington State Legislature and is composed of 98 Representatives from 49 districts, each of which elects two members. If successful, Hadian would be the first Iranian American elected to the Washington State Legislature.

HHR Blog had the opportunity to interview GOP candidate Victor Armendariz a Mexican-American running for a seat in Georgia’s 4th congressional district.

HHR Blog had the opportunity to interview GOP candidate Cory Ruth who is running for Georgia’s 4th congressional district. He will face Liz Carter and Larry Gause in the July Republican primary. The Fourth Congressional District of the U.S. State of Georgia includes parts of Dekalb, Rockdale, and Gwinnett Counties in the metro Atlanta area. The district is currently represented in the 111th Congress by Democrat Hank Johnson.

I am writing to thank the Hip Hop Republicans for the embrace of the civic process and attention to my candidacy for the Republican nomination for the 13th Congressional District of Georgia. I am heartened by the fusion of the highest contemporary African American cultural and political discourse, finding its way into the great debate over who will represent the 629,732 residents of Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton and Henry counties in the nation’s ‘factory of ideas,’ the Congress of the United States.

An integral part of my campaign is my ‘Urban Initiative’ and as a congresswoman I will present and support legislation that specially targets unemployment, financial literacy programs, education and better, more reliable public transportation in our urban communities. These four tenants are key to any successful community.

I encourage you all to continue your participation in the art of democracy for your voice is much appreciated in the larger conversation. I look forward to honoring your endorsement with my commitment to and working for our urban communities.

S.C. Rep. Tim Scott has surged ahead of the competition in a crowded race for the S.C. first congressional district seat, according to a new poll released this week. The poll – conducted by National Research on behalf of the S.C. Club for Growth – shows Scott receiving 30 percent of the vote compared to 10 percent for Columbia lobbyist Carroll A. “Tumpy” Campbell III and 9 percent apiece for Charleston attorney Paul Thurmond and accountant Clark Parker. Five other contenders were also measuring support in the single digits.

In perhaps the best news for Scott’s campaign, however, the new poll shows him easily outdistancing his top two opponents in a runoff eletion – which would take place on June 22 if no candidate receives 50 percent of the vote in the primary election on June 8.

Aurora City Councilman Ryan Frazier and military pilot Lang Sias will compete in an August Republican primary for the right to face Democratic Rep. Ed Perlmutter, after finishing in the top two spots at a district assembly Thursday.

Frazier drew 49 percent of the vote, while 43 percent went to Sias, a former staffer for John McCain’s presidential campaign. They’ll face each other again in an Aug. 10 primary vote.

Tim Day is a proud native of Ward 5 where he serves as an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner (ANC). Tim grew up in Brookland where his parents lived for more than 50 years and attended Ward 5 neighborhood public schools.

Day has a long history of volunteer service and fundraising. As a cancer survivor, he serves as a spokesperson for the Avon Walk for Cancer event and raises thousands of dollars. He participates in many AIDS Walks, AIDS Rides, and other fundraising events. Tim believes AIDS prevention is extremely important since DC has “severe epidemic” rates of HIV/AIDS especially within the African American community.

An Atlanta corporate executive and self-called conservative is the latest candidate to announce a bid for U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson’s seat. Cory Ruth will announce his bid for Georgia’s Fourth Congressional District Saturday at 3 p.m. at the Library Coffee Company on Caldwell Road in Atlanta.

Ruth, 32, joins business consultant Liz Carter and retired naval officer Larry Gause on the Republican ticket. In addition to Johnson’s bid for a third term, DeKalb County Commissioner Connie Stokes and former DeKalb CEO Vernon Jones are running as Democrats.

Tony Bouie is running as a Republican for a State Senate seat in Arizona. According to his website he grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana. He comes from a home of two hardworking parents. Tony was encouraged to pursue excellence in athletics and academics by his parents who were the first in their families to receive both Undergraduate and Advanced degrees.Tony was one of the rare dual sport athletes in college which made for no off-season. He was a 4 year starter in football and a 2 year starter in baseball. He was a Pac-10 Champion in both sports. He was 1st Team All Pac-10 and a Consensus All American in football. He was also on the cover of Sports IllustratedView.

Tony holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Media Arts from the University of Arizona (1994), which he finished in only four years. He began pursuit of his first masters degree while still playing ball in college and completed it while playing in the NFL, a Masters of Arts in Literacy and Education from the University of Arizona (1997). After a prolific college career, Tony went un-drafted. He fought his way onto the Tampa Bay Buccaneer roster in the NFL after being cut the last week of training camp. His career lasted four years in Tampa.

Augustus Shaw is runnig for a seat in the Arizona House of Representative legislative District 17. He is a lifelong resident of Arizona and the founding attorney of Shaw & Lines, LLC, a local area Law Firm that employs 8 members of the Community. Augustus has been recognized as a leader in his practice area of Community Association Law. He was recognized by the Leadership Centre as their 2006 Lecturer of the Year.

He has also been appointed to the prestigious College of Community Association Lawyers, an organization that recognizes attorneys who have distinguished themselves through contributions to the evolution or practice of community association law and who have committed themselves to high standards of professional and ethical conduct in the practice of community association law

This week “National Public Radio” profiled Marvin Rogers an urban Republican who has been featured on HHR many times.

Marvin is the type of Republican that Jack Kemp would have been proud of here is a guy who is truly ‘on the ground” in urban areas spreading a genuine message of personal empowerment.

Looking at election data from this week’s statewide elections in New Jersey and Virginia, it seems that the loyalty of young voters may only have been to one man — Barack Obama — not a party or an ideology, presenting a real opportunity for the GOP despite calls of extinction after 2008.

Sherylyn Dandridge is running for NY State Supreme Court. Ms Dandridge is the only Republican to run for judge in the five bourghs. Below is a little information about her and the campaign for New Yorkers who will be voting this election cycle.

Armando Gutierrez is a young Hispanic Republican who wants to take on U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Orlando, in next years election. On September 29, 2009, Grayson made a speech regarding health care proposals in the U.S. House. During it he said, “The Republican health care plan is this: ‘Don’t get sick, and if you do get sick, die quickly.