With 110,799 ballots tabulated so far, decorated law enforcement veteran Susanna Johnson has a solid lead over right wing incumbent Adam Fortney in her bid to become the new top cop in Snohomish County.
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Time to worry about Snohomish County, too: Washington’s right wing frets about Sheriff Adam Fortney’s reelection prospects
With less than one week to go until General Election Day 2023, there’s mounting evidence that local Republicans and right wing groups are growing concerned that key races aren’t going to turn out in their favor, including a key sheriff’s race in Washington’s third largest county.
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The Thursday, August 3rd ballot counts have dropped! Here’s who’s rising and who’s fading
Read a recap of the changes to election results in the Thursday, August 3rd ballot drop in Washington’s August 2023 Top Two election.
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Early 2023 Top Two results suggest Barón, Reyneveld will advance in county council race
Barón’s dual media endorsements appear to have given him a big advantage in the early vote. He has 47.81%, which is nearly a majority. Reyneveld is in second place, with 30.83%, and Johnson Poppe is in third place with 20.13%.
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The Seattle Times versus The Stranger: How their 2023 MLKC area endorsements compare
With each paper’s set of endorsements now available to scrutinize, our team thought it would be interesting to do a comparison and see where the papers agree and disagree. You might think the papers would be far apart in their choices, and sometimes they were… but not always!
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King County voters saying yes to crisis care centers levy in April 2023 special election
54.43% of the votes tallied and reported out as part of King County’s April 2023 Special Election Night drop favor King County Proposition 1, the official name of the crisis care centers levy, which has also been the moniker of other levies in years past, including as recently as last November. 45.57% were opposed.
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Undecided about how to vote on King County Proposition 1, the crisis care centers levy? Read the case for voting yes from Macklemore
Read a transcript of Macklemore’s comments in support of the April 2023 King County Proposition 1, delivered at King County Councilmember Girmay Zahilay’s Hometown Heroes luncheon on March 30th, 2023.
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The people have spoken, and they want even-year elections for local government positions
The passage of King County Charter Amendment 1 is part of a nationwide success story in these midterms. There’s a growing movement in this country favoring even-year elections that had a clean sweep in 2022, with a total of thirteen even-year election measures identified by Ballotpedia all winning approval.
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The November midterm results are (mostly) in. How do they compare to our 2022 polling?
In this retrospective, NPI’s founder and executive director assesses what our 2022 electoral poll findings were able to tell us about state and county-level races on the midterms ballot.
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Leesa Manion wins King County Prosecuting Attorney contest, defeating Jim Ferrell
On November 10th, Leesa Manion declared victory in the 2022 race for King County Prosecuting Attorney, accepting the congratulations of her vanquished opponent, Federal Way Mayor Jim Ferrell, and pledging to get to work on behalf of the people of the state’s largest jurisdiction, home to more than two million people.
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King County voters approving NPI-organized amendment to shift to even-year elections
A proposed change to King County’s plan of government conceived by NPI that would shift elections for twelve key county positions from odd-numbered to even-years is passing easily in initial returns,
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King County conservation futures levy is receiving solid support, NPI poll finds
In the aggregate, 57% of voters surveyed this week for NPI by Change Research said they had voted for King County Proposition 1 or would be doing so, while 27% said they had voted no or would be doing so. The levy appears headed for passage.
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Leesa Manion, Jim Ferrell tied in the 2022 contest for King County Prosecuting Attorney
32% of a large sample of likely 2022 King County voters surveyed online this week for NPI by Change Research said they had voted or were planning to vote for Leesa Manion, the chief of staff to current Prosecuting Attorney Dan Satterberg, while 31% said they had voted or were planning to vote for Jim Ferrell, the Mayor of Federal Way, who is also seeking the office.
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Jim Ferrell falsely labels NPI’s Prosecuting Attorney contest research a “push poll”
Asked about our finding during an appearance on Jason Rantz’s right wing talk show this week, Ferrell inexplicably went on the attack, falsely denouncing NPI’s research as “a push poll” and declaring himself the victim of unfair practices.