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Major Public Employees Union Endorses Bruce Harrell for Seattle Mayor

The Washington State Council of County and City Employees (AFSCME, AFL-CIO) today endorsed Bruce Harrell for Mayor of Seattle. The union, representing over 17,000 local...Read More

What conclusions should we draw from the Seattle primary?

Ballots are still coming in, but early results indicate Seattle voters value candidates with experience, but who promise to deliver enough change from the status...Read More

Early results show Harrell ahead in Seattle mayoral race

Preliminary election results are in for the Aug. 3 Seattle and King County races. In the Seattle mayoral race, Bruce Harrel is in the lead...Read More

Secretary of State forwards cases of potential double- and cross-state voting to county election officials

The Washington Office of the Secretary of State referred 142 cases of suspected improper voting in the 2018 general election to county election officials today,...Read More

O’Ban introduces bill to eliminate party declaration requirement from ballots

Today, Sen. Steve O’Ban introduced a bill that would eliminate the requirement to declare one’s primary affiliation when voting in Washington state’s presidential primary. In...Read More

Bernie Sanders and local surrogates rally Washington supporters in Tacoma

Senator Bernie Sanders held a campaign rally in Tacoma on Monday evening. Seattle U.S. Rep. and National Health Policy Chair for the Sanders campaign, Pramila...Read More

Lessons from the 2019 elections according to David Goldstein, Tim Eyman, and Heather Weiner

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

Morning Wire: New power center on the right, Referendum 88, Sen. Barbara Bailey

We are rounding the home stretch of summer. With Labor Day ahead, school is about to start, general elections are about to kick in, and...Read More

Why a sex offender would run for office: Willie Russell’s story

Willie Russell is running for the Snohomish County Council this year. He squeaked through the August primary, and will face Stephanie Wright in November for...Read More

Podcast: A Conversation with the 2018 Legislators-Elect

At the 2018 Re-Wire Policy Conference, we sat down with four of the state’s brand new legislators for our “A Conversation with the 2018 Legislators-Elect”...Read More