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SEATTLE — A few hours before showtime, Krist Novoselić folds his long frame into a plush couch in Belltown Yacht Club’s dark green room. The sweltering, mid-July club date was just another rock show for the Nirvana bassist. Novoselić and an assembled-on-the-fly band were playing an unusual “political convention.”

WASHINGTON – In a speech to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel forcefully defended his nation’s war against Hamas in response to the Palestinian armed group’s attack last year in which it killed nearly 1,200 people and took hundreds of hostages.

WASHINGTON – In the hours after President Joe Biden on Sunday announced he would end his re-election bid, elected Democrats swiftly coalesced around his vice president. By Monday afternoon, nearly all Washington Democrats holding federal or statewide office had endorsed Kamala Harris as their party’s nominee for president.

Ballots dropped Friday for the Aug. 6 state primary elections. This year marks the first incumbent-free contest for governor since Jay Inslee was elected in 2012, barely beating out his Republican opponent Rob McKenna by a 3% margin of the vote.

Legislative district 7 position 1. analysis of individual candidates. 

Two military veterans, a lawyer and a rancher are battling for an open state House seat representing northeastern Washington.

In the race for a rare open seat on the Washington State Supreme Court, one candidate has amassed a significant advantage.

Spokane County officials will begin mailing Aug. 6 primary election ballots Wednesday as political campaigns ramp up efforts to sway voters.

MILWAUKEE – Over breakfast at their hotel on Monday, Washington state’s delegation began the first day of the Republican National Convention with a prayer acknowledging the shooting at a rally in Pennsylvania two days earlier that left one supporter of former President Donald Trump dead and two others wounded, while Trump himself seemingly escaped death by mere inches as a bulletpierced his ear.

WASHINGTON – Rep. Adam Smith on Monday called for President Joe Biden to end his re-election bid, becoming the first Washington state member of Congress to join a small but growing number of Democrats publicly advocating for their party to choose a different standard bearer in the wake of a debate performance that raised questions about Biden’s fitness to serve another term in office.

For the first time in 24 years, Washington State’s insurance commissioner will not seek re-election, leaving the statewide race to take his place incumbent-free.

For nearly a decade, Rep. Dan Newhouse has represented Washington’s deepest-red congressional district, earning a reputation as a pragmatic conservative focused on agriculture and other issues that affect central Washington.

A half dozen seasoned politicians and first-time candidates are vying to represent Spokane Valley and much of eastern Spokane County in the state Legislature, after the incumbent left the seat wide open.