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: | "My office has been on the front lines of our changing world," said Franz. "I know what it means to take bold risks to make big progress because there isn’t time to wait. We're facing many challenges, but we can tackle them, together." |
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| Published at: | 12:30 PM on Wednesday, May 10th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | WA-Gov |
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| Excerpt: | “I have never been afraid to take on big challenges, and I’ve never forgotten who I’m fighting for,” Ferguson said in a statement. “I look forward to listening and learning from Washingtonians in every county and corner of this great state.” |
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| Published at: | 1:06 PM on Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | WA-Gov |
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| Excerpt: | Here's a roundup of statements we've received commenting on the governor's announcement from other state officials and party leaders. |
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| Published at: | 2:30 PM on Monday, May 1st, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections, Public Service |
| Tags: | WA-Gov |
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| Excerpt: | Inslee has decided against seeking a fourth term and will be leaving the state's highest office in January 2025 when his current term expires. Get an overview of his accomplishments as Washington's chief executive. |
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| Published at: | 10:07 AM on Monday, May 1st, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections, Public Service |
| Tags: | WA-Gov |
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| Excerpt: | "I've made my decision," Constantine said. "Having given it thorough consideration, I have concluded that the answer is no, I would not run. I'm not willing to set aside all that we're achieving right now -- the full-time work that I'm passionate about -- in favor of full-time fundraising and campaigning. |
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| Published at: | 2:25 PM on Friday, March 17th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | WA-Gov |
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| Excerpt: | Should Governor Jay Inslee decide against seeking an unprecedented fourth term, an NPI poll has found that Republican Pierce County Executive Bruce Dammeier and Democratic Attorney General Bob Ferguson would be the two leading candidates to succeed him in a 2024 hypothetical field that also included King County Executive Dow Constantine (D) and Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz (D). |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Thursday, March 16th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Research Poll Findings |
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| Excerpt: | The recount, which involved seven counties, added five votes to Kent's tally and nine votes to Gluesenkamp Perez's tally. At certification, Democrat Gluesenkamp Perez led by 2,629 votes out of 319,759 total votes cast in the district. |
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| Published at: | 2:50 PM on Tuesday, December 20th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | WA-03 |
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| Excerpt: | Culp and his campaign manager appear to have concluded that by pretending they never lost, they can go on separating fools from their money for months to come, just like the Trumps are doing at the federal level. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 PM on Friday, December 11th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Fair Elections |
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| Excerpt: | Read guest contributor McCauley Pugh's analysis of the 2020 Democratic ticket's strength in Washington State outside of King County, which is an ominous sign for the Republican Party. |
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| Published at: | 3:30 PM on Sunday, December 6th, 2020 |
| Written by: | McCauley Pugh |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | US-Pres |
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| Excerpt: | The Washington State Republican Party appears to be splitting into two factions: those who accept Jay Inslee's overwhelming victory and those who baselessly believe the election was fraudulent. |
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| Published at: | 2:35 PM on Saturday, November 21st, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Fair Elections |
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| Excerpt: | Washington State's 2020 gubernatorial race might as well be ancient history. Having failed to defeat Jay Inslee, Tim Eyman has gone back to griping about I-976's demise. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Wednesday, November 11th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections, Litigation |
| Other Tags: | Permanent Defense, WA-Ballot |
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| Excerpt: | None of Washington State's 2020 statewide races are in doubt as of the third day of counting and tabulating. The winners, without exception, are what NPI's research suggested they would be. |
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| Published at: | 1:04 PM on Friday, November 6th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Research Polling Retrospectives, WA-Ballot, WA-Exec |
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| Excerpt: | Suspense and savage political warfare over the outcome of the 2020 presidential race may take days or even weeks, but a blue wave crashed ashore in this Washington minutes after the 8 PM deadline for returning ballots. |
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| Published at: | 12:30 AM on Wednesday, November 4th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Permanent Defense, WA-Ballot, WA-Exec, WA-Leg |
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| Excerpt: | Incumbent Democratic Governor Jay Inslee is well positioned to become the first chief executive since Dan Evans to be elected to a third term in office, a poll conducted for the Northwest Progressive Institute has found. |
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| Published at: | 4:00 PM on Monday, October 19th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Research Poll Findings |
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