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Daily Archives: November 6th, 2017

Burien City Council candidate Jimmy Matta reflects back on an ugly campaign season

Excerpt: Right wing forces trying to hijack the Seattle suburb of Burien have resorted to incredibly desperate measures to win. But one progressive candidate says he sees a silver lining in all the ugliness.
Written by:Dominic Barrera
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Will Washington State once again set a new record for low general voter turnout in 2017?

Excerpt: Tomor­row — Tues­day, Novem­ber 7th, 2017 — is Gen­er­al Elec­tion Day across Wash­ing­ton State. Although there are no statewide posi­tions at stake or even statewide ini­tia­tives on the bal­lot this year, five leg­isla­tive dis­tricts are hold­ing spe­cial elec­tions — the out­come of which will deter­mine who con­trols the Sen­ate in 2018. At the same time, thou­sands […]
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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