Representative Kristine Reeves announced this morning that she is running for Congress in Washington’s 10th Congressional District. Reeves, a Democrat from Federal Way, joins an...Read More

In a statement posted to her Facebook page, Kristine Reeves, a Democrat from Federal Way representing Washington’s 30th District, announced her resignation from the Washington...Read More

We re-launched the Wire about this time three years ago. Our goal was and is to provide an additional, thoughtful voice to cover state politics,...Read More

The math works in funny ways in the 2020 governor race, creating the possibility of two Democrats in the general election...Read More

Political advertisements in Washington State are defined in concrete terms, though perhaps not concrete enough to prevent some types of advertisements from circumventing public disclosure...Read More

We are now just three weeks out from our 2019 Re-Wire Policy Conference. This is our primary revenue source in support of the Wire’s reporting and content throughout...Read More

The 2019 elections in Washington State created a mix of story lines and lessons. Between fiercely contested local races to controversial statewide ballot measures, the...Read More

Even if you aren’t a fan of Inslee, you knew exactly why he was running for president. If you lived under a rock in Kansas,...Read More

Elections have a funny way of telling us who we really are as a statewide community. It’s an empirical poll from those of us that...Read More

When Spokane City Council President Ben Stuckart conceded the Spokane mayoral race, he spoke of a politics that sucked the life out of his campaign,...Read More