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Reichert, Ferguson clash in Washington governor’s race debate

The hourlong debate, which took place immediately following the presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, marked a fleeting opportunity for the state’s nearly 5 million voters to see their candidates discuss policies in the same room.
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Democrat barely advances in Washington lands commissioner election as recount finished

In Washington’s first statewide ballot recount in a primary election since 1960, Democrat Dave Upthegrove just barely edged out Republican Sue Kuehl Pederson to secure a spot on the November ballot in the race for the state office that oversees millions of acres of public lands.King County Councilmember Upthegrove will join Republican and former U.S. Representative Jaime Herrera Beutler on the general election ballot this fall.
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Razor-thin race for Washington lands commissioner spurs first statewide ballot recount in decades

As of Tuesday evening, a margin of 51 votes separated two of the leading candidates in the closest primary race Washington state has seen in decades.Three candidates for state lands commissioner are fighting neck and neck for two spots on the November general election ballot. Two weeks after the Aug. 6 primary, the close results have triggered an automatic statewide hand recount.
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At state convention, Washington Democrats narrowly reject proposal to block nuclear power

On the third and final day of the convention, delegates filed into a big event room at the Meydenbauer Center and spent roughly eight hours going through party business. In that time, the group voted on a handful of resolutions. The group narrowly rejected two resolutions stating that nuclear energy is “not the solution to climate change,” and that the state should not use funding for clean energy to support construction or expansion of small modular nuclear reactors.