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Leesa Manion, Jim Ferrell tied at outset of King County Prosecuting Attorney contest, but Manion’s bio wins among the undecided

Ini­tial­ly, 83% of like­ly 2022 vot­ers sur­veyed for the North­west Pro­gres­sive Insti­tute said they were not sure who they’d sup­port, with only 8% back­ing each can­di­date. How­ev­er, Leesa Man­ion jumped out to a lead over Jim Fer­rell after “not sure” vot­ers were pro­vid­ed bio­graph­i­cal high­lights of both. 

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Washington’s upcoming conservation district elections sorely need progressive candidates

Dozens of pub­licly gov­erned con­ser­va­tion dis­tricts will be hold­ing elec­tions for board super­vi­sor posi­tions this win­ter and spring. In this guest post, King Con­ser­va­tion Dis­trict Super­vi­sor Chris Porter explains why pro­gres­sive activists and com­mu­ni­ty lead­ers should step up, run, and win.