The Cascadia Advocate is written by the staff, board, and contributors of the Northwest Progressive Institute, a regionally focused nonprofit working from Washington, Oregon, & Idaho to constructively transform our world through insightful research and imaginative advocacy.
NPI was founded in August 2003 and is based in Redmond, Washington.
| Excerpt: | The field of candidates hoping to succeed Hilary Franz as Washington's Commissioner of Public Lands is growing again, with two more Democrats joining the contest as of September 2023. |
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| Published at: | 1:30 PM on Wednesday, September 13th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | WA-Exec |
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| Excerpt: | Republican candidates can win statewide, but that means they need to appeal to voters in King County, because, despite new party chairman Jim Walsh's claims, there just are not enough votes in Eastern Washington to overturn King County’s whims. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Tuesday, September 5th, 2023 |
| Written by: | McCauley Pugh |
| Categories: | Elections, Party Politics |
| Other Tags: | Partybuilding, WA-Gov, WA-Leg, WA-Sen |
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| Excerpt: | "No matter your age, race, gender, zip code, or who you love, we all have the right to be safe. Safe from crime. Safe from gun violence. Safe from discrimination. And live in a safe environment. Keeping Washington families safe has been my life's work. That's why I'm running," Brown explained. |
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| Published at: | 8:12 AM on Wednesday, July 12th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | WA-Exec |
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| Excerpt: | In 2024, Evergreen State voters will have the responsibility of deciding who sits in the state's executive department, which consists of nine positions, all elected statewide for four-year terms. |
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| Published at: | 7:03 PM on Sunday, July 9th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | WA-Gov |
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| Excerpt: | “Our next Commissioner of Public Lands must recognize the challenges so many Washingtonians face, and lead an agency prepared to fight hard for the next generation,” said Das in a statement sent to NPI. |
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| Published at: | 12:30 PM on Thursday, July 6th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | WA-Exec |
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| Excerpt: | “Serving alongside you as Insurance Commissioner for Washington state has been, and continues to be, the greatest honor of my life,” Kreidler told staff. “I’ve always said it was the best job I’ve ever had, and I still feel that way today." |
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| Published at: | 12:45 PM on Monday, May 1st, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | WA-Exec |
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| Excerpt: | 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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| Published at: | 4:30 PM on Friday, November 18th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Even-Year Elections, Research Polling Retrospectives, WA-Counties, WA-Sen |
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| Excerpt: | Anderson's decision to run against a Democratic incumbent for a partisan office as an unaffiliated candidate ironically left her electorally reliant on fickle, ultra MAGA Republican voters who want vote at home abolished, circulate conspiracy theories, and believe that the 2020 presidential election was not fairly conducted. |
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| Published at: | 5:30 PM on Thursday, November 10th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | WA-Exec |
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| Excerpt: | The Washington State Democratic Party's three highest profile 2022 candidates each managed to build on their strong Election Night performance on the second day of counting, putting more distance between themselves and their opponents. |
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| Published at: | 7:55 PM on Wednesday, November 9th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | WA-08, WA-Sen |
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| Excerpt: | In Election Night returns, Democratic incumbent Steve Hobbs had 49.97% -- just shy of the magic number of fifty -- while challenger Julie Anderson, the Pierce County Auditor, had 46.92%. Another 3.1% of votes cast were for a write-in candidate, presumably Republican Brad Klippert, who was endorsed by the Washington State Republican Party. |
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| Published at: | 10:00 PM on Tuesday, November 8th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | WA-Exec |
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| Excerpt: | An ultra MAGA Republican's write-in candidacy could play a pivotal role in keeping the office of Washington's Secretary of State in Democratic hands this year, a poll conducted this week for the Northwest Progressive Institute indicates. |
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| Published at: | 8:40 AM on Friday, October 21st, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Research Poll Findings |
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| Excerpt: | Washington's Democratic U.S. Senator Patty Murray continues to enjoy a double digit lead over Republican challenger Tiffany Smiley, while Secretary of State hopefuls Steve Hobbs and Julie Anderson are tied at 38% apiece with less than a month until the midterms, a new poll from Strategies 360 and KOMO has found. |
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| Published at: | 8:24 PM on Monday, October 10th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Poll Watch, WA-Sen |
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| Excerpt: | With less than a month until ballots drop, Elway Research has found a thirteen point lead for Democrats in Washington's 2022 U.S. Senate race along with a statistical tie in the Secretary of State contest. |
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| Published at: | 12:11 PM on Thursday, September 22nd, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Poll Watch, WA-Sen |
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