WA Government

If election night vote tallies hold, Democrat Bob Ferguson will be Washington’s next governor

A crowd of people circled around a TV, several people shaking their heads.

Federal Way Municipal Court Judge Dave Larson is ahead by a slim margin to win Washington’s rare open Supreme Court seat in Tuesday’s election.

The measure intended to enshrine natural gas usage in Washington was the only statewide initiative to receive passing support after the first round of ballot counts Tuesday.

Republican Michael Baumgartner will be the next congressman for Eastern Washington, having earned a commanding lead in early election results Tuesday night and dispelling the wishful thinking of Democrats who hoped to flip the reliably Republican seat for the first time in 30 years.

Spokane County residents greatly favored the Democratic ticket in the 2024 presidential election, at least with their wallets.

WASHINGTON – On Election Night in 2000, it looked like Sam Reed was going to lose.

The last time Clallam County voters picked a losing presidential candidate by popular vote was in 1976, when they chose Republican Gerald Ford who narrowly lost the national election to Democrat Jimmy Carter. Since then, the county’s voters have picked the winners in every presidential race.

Some Republicans were critical of the Washington State Republican Party for sending text messages to Spanish-speaking voters on Friday alleging that Democratic candidates want to “eliminate the Spanish language” and “support the chemical castration of your children in school without your knowledge or consent.”

U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., has a message for Democratic candidates heading out to knock on doors across Clark County.

Hundreds of ballots in Whitman County are missing after being processed by the U.S. Postal Service in Spokane.

Washington’s Department of Corrections has outlined new plans to spend $1.3 million collected from incarcerated people for phone calls and other fees – money that they’ve been criticized for sitting on, as the dollars are meant to go to improving prisoner welfare.

The FBI is investigating an intentionally set fire that destroyed hundreds of ballots in a ballot drop box early Monday morning in Vancouver.

It’s been over a decade since Washington legalized recreational marijuana – but the state still isn’t able to reliably track cannabis from production through processing to retail sale.

WASHINGTON – In the final weeks before Election Day, House Republican leaders have embarked on a whirlwind tour of the high-priority districts where close races could decide which party controls the lower chamber next year.

Former Washington gubernatorial candidate Semi Bird has stepped down from his posts as chairman of the Benton County Republican Party and executive board member of the state Republican Party.