Election

How WA insurance commissioner candidates approach auto, home, health coverage

October 16, 2024, 11:06am Election

This November, Washington will elect a new insurance commissioner for the first time in more than 20 years. The candidates, two sitting state senators, have both acknowledged the skyrocketing prices of home and auto insurance, and said they’d work to stabilize rates. But they proposed vastly different strategies for doing… Read story

FILE - Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, with Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, left, and UAW President Shawn Fain, speaks at a campaign rally at UAW Local 900, Aug. 8, 2024, in Wayne, Mich.

New WA poll shows Harris way ahead, including with moderates, independents

October 16, 2024, 11:02am Election

A new poll offers a measure of how much the presidential race has changed among Washington voters in the last three months. Read story

The Clark County Elections Office is one of many places you can place your ballot in a ballot box. Or, drop it in the U.S. Mail; the postage is prepaid.

From bullhorns to petitions, you can get arrested for these 5 things at a WA polling place

October 16, 2024, 11:00am Election

If you’re a U.S. citizen who’s at least 18 years old, living in Washington, and haven’t been ruled ineligible by a court order, total confinement sentence or federal or out-of-state conviction, you have the right to vote. But can election officials ever remove you from the ballot box? Read story

Wil Fuentes, left, and Churck Keplar are vying for the Clark County Council District 3 seat.

Political newcomer candidates for Clark County Council District 3 differ but share priorities, goals

October 16, 2024, 6:06am Clark County News

About the only thing District 3 Clark County Council candidates Chuck Keplar and Wil Fuentes have in common is that both are relative political newcomers. Keplar has lived in Clark County for 24 years, while Fuentes moved here a few years ago after graduating with a master’s degree from Western… Read story

Jaime Herrera Beutler Republican candidate for state lands commissioner

WA lands commissioner general election: Where candidates stand on key issues

October 15, 2024, 7:38am Election

The race for Washington’s next commissioner of public lands began with seven. Read story

A clash over local control in the race to run Washington’s public schools

Incumbent Chris Reykdal, left, and challenger David Olson are running for superintendent of public instruction in Washington.

October 15, 2024, 6:05am Election Free

In the race to oversee Washington’s public schools, incumbent superintendent Chris Reykdal has sought to frame challenger David Olson as a far-right extremist with Trumpian values — a charge that Olson vehemently denies. Read story

Washington state’s landmark climate law hangs in the balance in November

Steam billows from the Longview WestRock mill, which makes cardboard materials including container board and corrugated containers, March 14, 2024, in Longview, Wash.

October 14, 2024, 7:52am Election

A groundbreaking law that forces companies in Washington state to reduce their carbon emissions while raising billions of dollars for climate programs could be repealed by voters this fall, less than two years after it took effect. Read story

Marie Gluesenkamp Perez and Joe Kent slug it out in rematch for 3rd District seat

U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, left, faces off with congressional opponent Joe Kent during a candidate forum hosted by the Skamania County Chamber of Commerce in Stevenson on Oct. 1. The event was one of multiple meetings between the two candidates before the election, who also ran against each other for the seat in 2022. The race has garnered national attention because the seat could decide control of the U.S. House next year where Republicans hold a slight majority.

Tension crackled between Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez and Republican challenger Joe Kent during an Oct. 2 debate at Lower Columbia College in Longview. Kent, wearing a crisp, tan suit, scowled. Perez, in red cowboy boots, a green dress and tweed blazer, repeatedly ran her hands through her tousled bangs. Read story