HB 1932 would change an old state law dating back to the 1960s that requires municipalities to hold their regularly scheduled elections in odd-numbered years. It received a “do pass” recommendation on February 20th.
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State Representative Jacquelin Maycumber launches campaign for Congress in WA-05
Maycumber says her primary focus “will be on ensuring our nation’s safety by securing our borders, thereby protecting our economy and communities from the threats of human trafficking and the influx of narcotics like Fentanyl.”
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Senator Maria Cantwell widens lead over Republican rival Raul Garcia to sixteen points
53% of 789 likely 2024 Washington State general election voters said they would support Cantwell if the election for U.S. Senate were being held now. 37% said they would support Garcia, Cantwell’s expected Republican general election opponent. Another 10% were not sure.
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Joe Biden’s 2024 lead over Donald Trump in Washington State rebounds to sixteen points
54% of 789 likely voters surveyed February 13th-14th, 2024 by Public Policy Polling for the Northwest Progressive Institute said they would vote for Biden if the election were being held today, while 38% said they would vote for Trump.
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Bob Ferguson overtakes Dave Reichert in NPI’s first gubernatorial poll of 2024
The Democratic frontrunner, currently serving as the state’s Attorney General, now has a four lead over his expected Republican rival instead of the two point deficit that NPI’s November 2023 survey found.
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Mid-Atlantic momentum: Democrats win big in a pair of February 13th special elections
The victories were built with a swing of suburban votes, in Long Island’s Nassau County and in the Philadelphia suburb of Bucks County.
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VICTORY! Washington House backs language access bill to make elections more inclusive
House Bill 2023 is one step closer to becoming law after receiving a strong affirmative bipartisan vote prior to cutoff.
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Raise the Wage Renton celebrates likely passage of Initiative Measure No. 23–02
In initial election night returns, 57.50% of voters in Renton, Washington are saying yes to Initiative Measure No. 23–02, which qualified for the ballot back in November and concerns establishing labor standards for the city’s employers.
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Allowing localities to switch their elections to even years is far from a “premature” idea
Read NPI’s rebuttal to an editorial in The Herald of Everett that argued that lawmakers should not pass NPI’s legislation to give localities the freedom to choose their own election timing.
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Cathy McMorris Rodgers announces she won’t seek reelection to Congress this year
McMorris Rodgers made no mention of her future plans, nor reasons for her retirement other than to say it came after “prayers and reflection.”
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VICTORY! Washington State House passes NPI’s even year elections for localities bill
House Bill 1932, first introduced about a month ago, received the support of fifty-two state representatives, with forty-five in opposition and one excused. The legislation is NPI’s top priority for the 2024 legislative session.
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Joe Biden romps to victory in Nevada’s Democratic presidential primary while Donald Trump ignores results of Republican primary
Democrats were satisfied with the results of Nevada’s “First in the West” 2024 presidential primary, while Republicans ignored the results on their side of the state-run primary and plan to use caucuses to allocate their delegates.
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Washington State Labor Council endorses Bob Ferguson’s 2024 gubernatorial campaign
“This is a critical race for Washington’s working families and our affiliated unions want to hit the ground running early to support Bob Ferguson, who’s clearly the best candidate for governor,” said April Sims, President of the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO.
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Writer E. Jean Carroll wins a huge judgment against Donald Trump for defamation
A nine-member Manhattan jury deliberated just three hours before attaching a price tag to defamatory remarks Trump made about a woman who accused him of sexual assault in the dressing room of a pricey New York department store.