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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee a Democrat, is being challenged by Republican Loren Culp, police chief of Republic. (Ted S.

Gov. Inslee meets with editorial board, touts pandemic responsevideo icon

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee a Democrat, is being challenged by Republican Loren Culp, police chief of Republic. (Ted S.

October 7, 2020, 6:04am Clark County News

Gov. Jay Inslee is proud of how he’s steered Washington state through the COVID-19 pandemic, and said he’s confident the state will emerge stronger at the other side of the crisis. Read story

Gov. Inslee, Loren Culp debate today; how to watch

October 7, 2020, 6:02am Election

Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee and Republican challenger Loren Culp will meet — virtually — for their first gubernatorial debate tonight. Read story

Republican gubernatorial candidate Loren Culp is the police chief of Republic and running against Gov. Jay Inslee.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Culp says he’ll champion deregulation, gunsvideo icon

Republican gubernatorial candidate Loren Culp is the police chief of Republic and running against Gov. Jay Inslee.

October 7, 2020, 6:00am Clark County News

Loren Culp, the Republican candidate for governor, is running primarily on a platform of deregulation. Read story

FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2020, file photo, vote-by-mail ballots are shown in sorting trays at the King County Elections headquarters in Renton, Wash., south of Seattle. In every U.S. presidential election, thousands of ballots are rejected and never counted. They may have arrived after Election Day or were missing a voter&#039;s signature. That number will be far higher this year as the coronavirus pandemic forces tens of millions of Americans to vote by mail for the first time. (AP Photo/Ted S.

As questions surround mail voting during the election, Washington’s experience took root over years

FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2020, file photo, vote-by-mail ballots are shown in sorting trays at the King County Elections headquarters in Renton, Wash., south of Seattle. In every U.S. presidential election, thousands of ballots are rejected and never counted. They may have arrived after Election Day or were missing a voter&#039;s signature. That number will be far higher this year as the coronavirus pandemic forces tens of millions of Americans to vote by mail for the first time. (AP Photo/Ted S.

October 4, 2020, 6:46pm Election

Voting by mail may seem so familiar in Washington these days as to be baked into our civic culture. Read story

Karen Bowerman, left, and Jesse James are candidates for the Clark County Council District 3 race.

Clark County’s District 3 race an ideological showdown

Karen Bowerman, left, and Jesse James are candidates for the Clark County Council District 3 race.

October 4, 2020, 6:05am Clark County News

A local race between ideological foils will likely hinge on which candidate can court moderate voters, despite a decidedly partisan primary election that unseated an incumbent with more spending power. Read story

Candidates for state representative from the 17th District, Position 1, Tanisha Harris, left, and Vicki Kraft speak to the editorial board at The Columbian in Vancouver in 2018.

17th Legislative District candidates divergevideo icon

Candidates for state representative from the 17th District, Position 1, Tanisha Harris, left, and Vicki Kraft speak to the editorial board at The Columbian in Vancouver in 2018.

October 4, 2020, 6:04am Clark County News

Voters in the 17th Legislative District have a choice between two drastically different candidates for the state House of Representatives on Nov. 3. Read story

Bob Ferguson, left, and Matt Larkin (Courtesy photos)

Washington attorney general candidates meet with editorial boardvideo icon

Bob Ferguson, left, and Matt Larkin (Courtesy photos)

October 2, 2020, 4:24pm Clark County News

The two candidates running for Washington state attorney general hold divergent philosophies about what the office ought to do. In an occasionally contentious conversation with The Columbian’s Editorial Board, they laid out their competing visions. Read story

Gary Medvigy, left, and challenger Matt Little are running for the Clark County County, District 4, seat.

Medvigy, challenger Little discuss issues facing Clark County Councilvideo icon

Gary Medvigy, left, and challenger Matt Little are running for the Clark County County, District 4, seat.

September 30, 2020, 6:51pm Clark County News

The Clark County Council District 4 candidates have a few policy views in common, but that didn’t stop them from taking a few shots at each other during a recent discussion. Read story

Courtney Normand, director of the Planned Parenthood-affiliated political group Safe &amp; Healthy Youth Washington that is supporting a sex education requirement for public schools, poses for a photo Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020, in Arlington, Wash. Democrats in the famously liberal state say they want to protect young people from sexual abuse, diseases and infections. But the increasingly outnumbered and aggrieved Republicans have taken issue with the content of the standards as they rally for local control. The resulting referendum on the November ballot marks the first time in the country that such a decision on sex ed will be decided by voters.

Sex ed mandate sparks bitter Washington ballot fight

Courtney Normand, director of the Planned Parenthood-affiliated political group Safe &amp; Healthy Youth Washington that is supporting a sex education requirement for public schools, poses for a photo Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020, in Arlington, Wash. Democrats in the famously liberal state say they want to protect young people from sexual abuse, diseases and infections. But the increasingly outnumbered and aggrieved Republicans have taken issue with the content of the standards as they rally for local control. The resulting referendum on the November ballot marks the first time in the country that such a decision on sex ed will be decided by voters.

September 28, 2020, 8:49am Election

Democrats in the Washington state Legislature thought they had passed a routine sex education requirement for public schools earlier this year. But a coalition of Republicans and religious conservatives launched a swift, historic backlash that’s led to a bitter partisan fight and an effort to overturn the measure on the… Read story

How do you reopen schools in a pandemic? Washington State Superintendent candidates have different ideas

September 28, 2020, 6:02am Election

The role of the superintendent of public instruction has changed as the COVID-19 pandemic forced school districts to decide how to reopen or stay remote. Read story