| Excerpt: | In this installment of our series spotlighting the people running for mayor of Seattle, we get to know Bruce Harrell, a former Councilmember who served several terms as one of Seattle's lawmakers, and was mayor for five days in 2017. |
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| Published at: | 8:30 AM on Monday, May 3rd, 2021 |
| Written by: | Ruairi Vaughan |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | WA-Cities |
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Category Archives: Elections
Meet the 2021 Seattle mayoral candidates: Former Councilmember Bruce Harrell
Joe Manchin’s latest comments suggest his grasp of U.S. constitutional law is lacking
| Excerpt: | In a recent interview with a West Virginia radio station, Senator Joe Manchin spoke of letting the people of America vote on the question of D.C. statehood, which isn't possible because constitutional amendments don't get ratified by popular vote. |
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| Published at: | 2:03 PM on Sunday, May 2nd, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Legislative Advocacy |
| Tags: | D.C. Statehood |
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Democratic State Senator Joe Nguyen launches campaign for King County Executive
| Excerpt: | Nguyen's entrance into the race had been expected: the first-term state senator, a rising star in the Democratic Party, has been reaching out to Democratic activists and progressive leaders for weeks to advise them of his intentions. |
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| Published at: | 9:10 PM on Tuesday, April 27th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | WA-Counties |
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Pacific Northwest congressional delegation to grow as Oregon gains sixth U.S. House seat
| Excerpt: | The United States Census Bureau has revealed that Oregon has experienced population growth sufficient to merit the allocation of a sixth congressional district, one more than the five it currently has. |
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| Published at: | 3:24 PM on Monday, April 26th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Legislative Advocacy |
| Tags: | Redistricting |
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Meet the 2021 Seattle mayoral candidates: Councilmember Lorena González
| Excerpt: | In this installment of our series spotlighting the people running for mayor of Seattle, we get to know Lorena González, who has a record of activism going back to her childhood. |
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| Published at: | 6:36 PM on Monday, March 22nd, 2021 |
| Written by: | Ruairi Vaughan |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | WA-Cities |
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A reckoning for ticket-splitters: Can you vote for any Republican who sticks with Trump?
| Excerpt: | The Republican Party has become a cult that adores an unaccountable sociopath. Perhaps the time has come for a new center-right political party rooted in conservative values. |
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| Published at: | 4:00 PM on Monday, March 8th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics, Party Politics |
| Tags: | Fair Elections, Nondiscrimination |
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Sarah Augustine chosen as Chair of the 2021 Washington State Redistricting Commission
| Excerpt: | Meet the newest member of the body that will attempt to redraw Washington State's legislative and congressional district boundaries for the next ten years. |
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| Published at: | 3:58 PM on Saturday, January 30th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Party Politics |
| Tags: | Redistricting |
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Secretary of State Kim Wyman is thinking of quitting the Republican Party. Great idea!
| Excerpt: | "I don't know that I can continue being a Republican, because that's not what republicanism is about," Wyman told KUOW. |
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| Published at: | 6:21 PM on Tuesday, January 19th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Party Switches, WA-Exec |
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Loren Culp, Stephen Pidgeon scrap their absurd lawsuit against elections officials
| Excerpt: | In an attempt to explain their retreat, Culp and Pidgeon offered a plethora of excuses to their rabid right wing followers during a Facebook Live event, none of which were true. |
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| Published at: | 3:49 PM on Friday, January 15th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Litigation |
| Tags: | Fair Elections |
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Donald Trump has become the first person holding the presidency to be impeached twice
| Excerpt: | Voting two hundred and thirty-two to one hundred and ninety-seven, the House agreed to transmit a single new article of impeachment to the Senate. Every Democrat who participated in the vote backed the article, along with ten Republicans who crossed over. |
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| Published at: | 1:53 PM on Wednesday, January 13th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Open Government |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders, Impeachment |
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Scramble for the Senate: Democrats finally prevail in their quest to regain a majority
| Excerpt: | With the victories of Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, the Democrats have secured tenuous control of the upper house of Congress. |
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| Published at: | 5:00 PM on Friday, January 8th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Ruairi Vaughan |
| Other Categories: | Party Politics |
| Tags: | GA-Sen, Scramble for the Senate |
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Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ victory affirmed by Congress with all electoral votes counted
| Excerpt: | Thankfully, the lawsuits have failed, the Electoral College has voted, and its votes counted by Congress. Democracy has prevailed, and the candidates chosen by the people of the United States have been properly acknowledged as the winners of the election |
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| Published at: | 8:00 AM on Thursday, January 7th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Fair Elections, US-Pres |
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Garbage in, garbage out: Here’s why KING5’s recent 2022 U.S. Senate polling is worthless