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Monthly Archives: August 2017

Incumbents winning easily in 7th, 31st, 37th, and 48th special legislative elections

Excerpt: Five appoint­ed leg­is­la­tors run­ning to keep their seats this year in a set of spe­cial leg­isla­tive elec­tions are hav­ing an easy go of it thus far, sug­gest­ing that they could all be retained by vot­ers in their respec­tive dis­tricts as of November. In the deep red 7th Leg­isla­tive Dis­trict, span­ning the rur­al coun­ties in north­east­ern […]
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Manka Dhingra, Democratic Party winning big in crucial 45th District State Senate contest

Excerpt: Democ­rats are on track to recap­ture con­trol of the Wash­ing­ton State Sen­ate this Novem­ber, if ear­ly results in the 45th Leg­isla­tive Dis­trict are any indication. Demo­c­ra­t­ic Sen­ate hope­ful Man­ka Dhin­gra has an impres­sive eight point lead over Repub­li­can oppo­nent Jiny­oung Lee Englund as of tonight’s ini­tial count, which King Coun­ty Elec­tions released short­ly after 8 […]
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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