The Cascadia Advocate is written by the staff, board, and contributors of the Northwest Progressive Institute, a netroots powered strategy center working to raise America's quality of life through insightful research and imaginative advocacy.
NPI was founded in August 2003 and is based in Redmond, Washington.
| Excerpt: | The Emerald City will have a new Mayor by the end of 2021. Incumbent Jenny Durkan says she's decided not to seek a second term, and will instead focus on governing during her last year in office. |
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| Published at: | 4:06 PM on Monday, December 7th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | WA-Cities |
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| Excerpt: | NPI's hometown is beginning a new era under new management with Mayor Angela Birney and new Councilmembers Varisha Khan, Jessica Forsythe, and Vanessa Kritzer. |
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| Published at: | 1:08 PM on Wednesday, December 18th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | WA-Cities |
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| Excerpt: | Get up to speed with the latest developments in the Washington State 2019 general election. |
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| Published at: | 9:11 PM on Thursday, November 7th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | WA-Ballot, WA-Counties, WA-Local |
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| Excerpt: | Seattle mayoral hopeful Cary Moon ended her campaign this afternoon, acknowledging that she's too far behind Jenny Durkan to catch up in late ballots. |
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| Published at: | 5:55 PM on Wednesday, November 8th, 2017 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Breaking News, Elections |
| Tags: | WA-Cities |
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| Excerpt: | Last week, prior to Election Day, right wing talk show hosts Kirby Wilbur and John Carlson (both longtime fixtures on KVI who also have served the Washington State Republican Party in different capacities) released a podcast in which they discussed their key picks for the 2017 local elections. The pair chose to focus on three […] |
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| Published at: | 9:10 AM on Wednesday, November 8th, 2017 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | WA-Ballot, WA-Leg |
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| Excerpt: | Cary Moon is trailing badly in the initial results for Mayor of Seattle, but her campaign isn't ready to throw in the towel just yet. |
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| Published at: | 7:21 PM on Tuesday, November 7th, 2017 |
| Written by: | David A Johnson |
| Categories: | Breaking News, Elections |
| Other Tags: | Election Night Parties |
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| 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. |
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| Published at: | 6:49 PM on Monday, November 6th, 2017 |
| Written by: | Dominic Barrera |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | WA-Cities |
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| Excerpt: | Ed Murray has decided to call it quits and resign as Mayor of Seattle, effective tomorrow evening at 5 PM, having evidently concluded that attempting to serve out the remainder of his term is no longer remotely feasible now that a fifth man has stepped forward to allege that Murray sexually abused him years ago. […] |
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| Published at: | 5:29 PM on Tuesday, September 12th, 2017 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections, Open Government |
| Other Tags: | Accountable Leaders |
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| Excerpt: | Tonight, Seattle City Club is hosting a mayoral debate with six of the leading candidates for Seattle’s top public job, including Jessyn Farrell, Bob Hasegawa, Cary Moon, Nikita Oliver and Jenny Durkan. NPI will be chronicling the proceedings with live updates as the night continues, so stay tuned. QUESTION: What sets you apart? ANSWERS: Nikita Oliver stressed […] |
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| Published at: | 7:12 PM on Monday, July 17th, 2017 |
| Written by: | Kaylinne Shaffer |
| Categories: | Elections, Live Coverage |
| Tags: | WA-Cities |
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| Excerpt: | Well, it’s official: The 2015 general election has now been certified by Washington State’s thirty-nine counties, and as we projected earlier this month, turnout ended up between 38% and 39% (to be precise, 38.45% statewide), which means it’s officially the worst in recorded state history. The previous low of 40.18% was set in 1985. Below is […] |
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| Published at: | 8:08 PM on Tuesday, November 24th, 2015 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Voter Turnout |
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| Excerpt: | Talk about a razor-thin race: In the contest for Seattle City Council, District #1, Top Two finalists Lisa Herbold and Shannon Braddock are now separated by a mere six votes — out of over twenty-two thousand cast! That’s a margin of one household. Take a look at the numbers following the latest tabulation: City of […] |
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| Published at: | 5:30 PM on Tuesday, November 10th, 2015 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | WA-Cities |
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| Excerpt: | Late ballots are once again creating intrigue in Seattle City Council races, for the second cycle in a row. Although incumbent Bruce Harrell (running in District 2) was ahead by a comfortable margin on Election Night, he and District 1 candidate Shannon Braddock (longtime chief of staff to County Councilmember Joe McDermott) have seen their […] |
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| Published at: | 10:33 PM on Friday, November 6th, 2015 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | WA-Cities |
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