State Rep. Matt Shea has a seemingly insurmountable lead over Democoratic challenger Amy Biviano. She won some precincts in Millwood and the City of Spokane Valley; he won everything else. For a more detailed look at this map, click on the PDF document below.
State Rep. Andy Billig leads Spokane City Councilwoman Nancy McLauglin in most precincts in the race to fill the 3rd Legislative District Senate seat left open by Sen. Lisa Brown's retirement. For a more detailed version of the map, check out the PDF Document below.
Republican Shelly O'Quinn is comfortably ahead of Democrat Daryl Romeyn in the race to fill the open seat on the Spokane County Board of Commissioners. For a closer look at the results, click on the PDF file below.
Incumbent County Commissioner Todd Mielke has a comfortable lead over former Commissioner John Roskelley in the race for Commissioner District 1. Roskelley had strong support in some parts of the City of Spokane, but Mielke is running ahead in most other precincts. For a closer…
Republican Cathy McMorris Rodgers easily won re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives, and defeated Democrat Rich Cowan in all the counties in the Eastern Washington District, including Spokane County. Click here to see a map of the vote for all of Eastern Washington's 5th…
Democrat Maria Cantwell easily won a third term in the U.S. Senate in the statewide vote, but is running only slightly ahead of Republican Mike Baumgartner in Spokane County. If trends hold, Baumgartner's home county would be the only Eastern Washington County she carries. Click…
Initiative 1240, which would allow the state to set up as many as 40 charter schools over the next five years, has a slight lead statewide and in Spokane County. For a map on the state results on I-1240, click here. For a closer look…
Although Washington state as a whole went for Barack Obama, Spokane County and Eastern Washington went for Mitt Romney. Here's a look at the votes counted on Election Night. For a look at the statewide map, click here. For a closer look at the Spokane…
Democrat Jay Inslee has a narrow lead statewide in the race for governor, but Republican Rob McKenna won in Spokane County and the rest of Eastern Washington. Click here for a look at the statewide map. For a closer look at the Spokane votes, click…
Initiative 502, which will legalize recreational use of marijuana for adults in Washington, passed handily statewide and is ahead in Spokane County in Tuesday's tally. Click here for a look at the statewide map. For a closer look at the Spokane breakdown, click on the…
Referendum 74, which would legalize same-sex marriage in Washington, is slightly ahead statewide, but trails in Spokane County For the statewide map, click here For a closer look at the Spokane vote, click on the PDF document below
Initiative 502, which legalizes recreational marijuana use for adults in Washington, will pass. The Associated Press has called the race, and we here at Spin Control agree. It's at 56 percent yes to 44 percent no, and that's too big of a margin to turn…
Ten relatively small counties in Washington have counted ballots. Republicans leading in almost all races.
The networks are saying Obama will win Ohio and may have more than 270 Electoral College votes.
Voter turnout -- or ballot turn-in, if you prefer -- has been lagging behind the 2008 record levels this year in Spokane County. Some times by as many as 7 percentage points in a comparison of days after ballots were mailed. But Monday and Tuesday…
The New York Times has a great graphic you should bookmark for watching the returns tonight. It looks at 512 different possible outcomes in the presidential race: 431 mean a victory for Barack Obama, 43 mean a victory for Mitt Romney, and 5 result in…
After Washington voters have marked their ballot, sealed it and signed the envelope, they have two choices. Put a stamp on it and mail it. But remember it has to be postmarked today, so you'll need to take it to a post office, to make…
If you lost your ballot, mistakenly threw it out with some junk mail, spilled coffee on it,or the kids drew on it with crayons or the dog ate it, you are not SOL in Washington. County elections offices have "Voter Service Centers" where you can…
Voters who haven't marked their ballots yet may be waiting to research just one more thing about a particular candidate, or study one more thing about a ballot measure. For those looking for more, we offer the following links. The Spokesman-Review's Election Center, with information…
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy A fun video. Worst line is the reporter quoting the Grateful Dead. But the clips are some of the best hits of 2012.
The lyrics aren't bad, the animation only so-so. But look for a guest appearance by Donald Trump.
There was a time in the mid 20th Century when, as Washington and Idaho went in presidential elections, so went the country. But voters in the two states have been imperfect bellwethers of the presidential elections before and since. Spokane County voters have been a…
The voice on the other end of the phone was deep and mellifluous. “Jim. It’s Santa Claus.” It did not belong to the most famous resident of the North Pole, but to a resident of Incline Village, Nev., whose legal name is Santa Claus. A…
OLYMPIA -- Washington has slightly more than 3.9 million registered voters for the 2012 general election. Those numbers include all the in-person registrations at county elections offices through Oct. 29. They are about 270,000 higher than 2008, which was also a record. Fora drill down…
If you don't like Barack Obama or Mitt Romney, you have other choices, and not just the four other candidates on Idaho’s presidential ballot, or the six others on Washington's. Voters also can – and hundreds do – write in another name on a space…
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