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: | Republicans in Washington State lost legislative seats in the November 2022 midterms, but due to retirements, they will have several new members in 2023-2024. Get to know the newest Republican representatives and senators! |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Wednesday, December 7th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Kamil Zaidi |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | WA-Leg |
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| Excerpt: | Although the outcome is not expected to change, the contest now heads to a machine recount. Under state law, a recount is mandatory if the difference between two candidates is fewer than 2,000 votes and less than .5%. |
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| Published at: | 3:56 PM on Saturday, December 3rd, 2022 |
| Written by: | Aaron Cahen |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | WA-Leg |
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| Excerpt: | Eyman had fantasized in mid-2022 about voters electing a Republican-controlled Legislature that would take on Governor Jay Inslee and potentially adopt a slew of right wing initiatives introduced by his friend Brian Heywood. But not only did Republicans fail to capture control of the Legislature, they lost seats to the Democrats. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Tuesday, November 22nd, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | WA-Ballot |
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| Excerpt: | Due to having mostly endorsed Democrats and progressive positions on ballot measures this year, the Times' overall win-loss column looks really good. But the board was clearly hoping that voters across suburban and exurban Central Puget Sound would make the area's legislative representation more Republican than it has been since 2017-2018. That simply isn't happening. |
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| Published at: | 8:45 PM on Wednesday, November 9th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | WA-Leg |
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| Excerpt: | Voters in the 45th Legislative District are enthusiastically backing Senator Manka Dhingra's campaign for another four-year term representing the communities of Redmond, Kirkland, Duvall, and Sammamish. |
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| Published at: | 8:45 PM on Tuesday, November 8th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | WA-Leg |
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| Excerpt: | The late homestretch campaign drama began when Clyde's father Brett Shavers wrote a letter to his son’s opponent Greg Gilday alleging Clyde was misrepresenting his professional and personal background. |
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| Published at: | 8:05 PM on Friday, November 4th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Aaron Cahen |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | WA-Leg |
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| Excerpt: | Meet the 2022 candidates running in Washington State's 42nd Legislative District, which encompasses most of Whatcom County in the northwestern corner of the state. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Wednesday, November 2nd, 2022 |
| Written by: | Aaron Cahen |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | WA-Leg |
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| Excerpt: | Read NPI's recap of the debate between Democratic incumbent Emily Randall and Republican challenger Jesse Young in the 26th Legislative District's high-profile State Senate contest. |
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| Published at: | 2:17 PM on Saturday, October 22nd, 2022 |
| Written by: | Aaron Cahen |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | WA-Leg |
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| Excerpt: | Meet one of the Washington State Democratic Party's rising stars, whose performance in the Top Two election indicates that the battleground 10th Legislative District could be on the verge of sending two Democrats to the State House in 2022. |
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| Published at: | 1:10 PM on Monday, September 19th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Aaron Cahen |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | WA-Leg |
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| Excerpt: | The Coalition and Braver Angels, a nonprofit working to create dialogue between progressives and conservatives, are organizing debates or candidate forums for U.S. Senate, Secretary of State, U.S. House, and even State Senate in the 26th LD. |
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| Published at: | 11:54 AM on Friday, September 16th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Senatorial Debates, U.S. House Debates, WA-08, WA-09, WA-Sen |
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| Excerpt: | Swing districts are where the “rubber meets the road” in politics -- where statewide majorities are made or lost. While Washington’s 26th Legislative District has not elected a Democratic candidate to the State House since 2012, Adison Richards’ performance in the Top Two suggests that could change this year. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Tuesday, September 13th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Aaron Cahen |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | WA-Leg |
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| Excerpt: | 64% of 2022 likely King County voters surveyed said they approved of Murray's job performance, while 26% disapproved. 9% were not sure. That's a stronger showing than every other elected official we tested. |
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| Published at: | 11:33 AM on Friday, August 26th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Research Poll Findings, WA-Sen |
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| Excerpt: | By embracing extremism, corruption, and vindictiveness at every turn for years, Republicans have destroyed their brand - especially in the suburbs - and paved the way for Washington's transformation into a state that is even more reliably Democratic, no matter what the political climate elsewhere might be. |
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| Published at: | 12:30 PM on Saturday, August 6th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | WA-Leg |
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