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Bethany Rivard and Rob Perkins, candidates for Evergreen Public Schools Board of Directors District No. 2, meet with The Columbian&#039;s Editorial Board last Wednesday afternoon.

Two candidates running for District No. 2 seat on Evergreen school board

Bethany Rivard and Rob Perkins, candidates for Evergreen Public Schools Board of Directors District No. 2, meet with The Columbian&#039;s Editorial Board last Wednesday afternoon.

September 22, 2019, 6:00am Clark County News

One of two contested Evergreen Public Schools races this election cycle pits an incumbent board member against a classroom teacher, a match-up highlighting the key issues in this year’s school board campaigns. Read story

Sander Levin, from left, D-Mich., then the ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee, confers with then-Rep. Dave Reichert, R-Wash., who was then a member of the committee, in December 2015 on Capitol Hill in Washington. Reichert, who did not seek re-election in 2018, may be eyeing a run for governor.

Former Rep. Reichert considers run for governor

Sander Levin, from left, D-Mich., then the ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee, confers with then-Rep. Dave Reichert, R-Wash., who was then a member of the committee, in December 2015 on Capitol Hill in Washington. Reichert, who did not seek re-election in 2018, may be eyeing a run for governor.

September 2, 2019, 6:00pm Election

By this time two years ago, a pack of Democrats was already competing to challenge Republican U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert in Washington’s 8th Congressional District, in an early sign of partisan fervor for the 2018 midterm elections that flipped control of the House of Representatives. Read story

Six ESD 112 directors up for re-election

August 27, 2019, 6:02am Clark County News

Six Educational Service District 112 board members are up for re-election this fall. Read story

Gov. Jay Inslee speaks with reporters about his plans to run for a third term as governor Thursday in Seattle. Inslee, who has ended his climate change-focused 2020 presidential bid, announced his plans earlier Thursday via email, hours before appearing at a news conference at Planned Parenthood in Seattle regarding the Title X family planning program.

Only one Washington governor has served three consecutive terms. Jay Inslee wants his own threepeat.

Gov. Jay Inslee speaks with reporters about his plans to run for a third term as governor Thursday in Seattle. Inslee, who has ended his climate change-focused 2020 presidential bid, announced his plans earlier Thursday via email, hours before appearing at a news conference at Planned Parenthood in Seattle regarding the Title X family planning program.

August 26, 2019, 9:28am Election

The last and only time Washington voters reelected their governor to a third consecutive term, Republican Gov. Dan Evans shared the ballot with President Richard Nixon, with both candidates besting their Democratic competitors. Read story

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee speaks at the Iowa Democratic Wing Ding at the Surf Ballroom, Friday, Aug. 9, 2019, in Clear Lake, Iowa.

No longer presidential candidate, Jay Inslee plans to run for 3rd term as governor

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee speaks at the Iowa Democratic Wing Ding at the Surf Ballroom, Friday, Aug. 9, 2019, in Clear Lake, Iowa.

August 22, 2019, 7:03am Election

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee ended his presidential run Wednesday evening, announcing it had become clear that his climate change-focused campaign would not succeed. Read story

Decision in Washington electors’ case conflicts with 10th Circuit

August 21, 2019, 9:16pm Clark County News

In 2016, four electors from Washington broke 40 years of tradition in the Electoral College by casting their votes for candidates other than the state’s popular vote winner. Read story

Washington Gov.

Inslee donor milestone may mean little

Washington Gov.

August 20, 2019, 8:29pm Election

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has surpassed a milestone that his presidential campaign has been aiming at and emphasizing for weeks: He said he’s received contributions from more than 130,000 different donors. Read story

Luck of the draw determines candidates’ ballot order in Washougal school board race

August 16, 2019, 7:57pm Clark County News

Jim Cooper will appear first on the ballot in the November election for District 1 on the Washougal school board. Read story

Seattle City Council member Lorena González has announced she’s running for attorney general.

Seattle City Council member Lorena González announces AG run

Seattle City Council member Lorena González has announced she’s running for attorney general.

August 8, 2019, 6:50am Election

Seattle City Council member Lorena González has announced she’s running for attorney general. Read story

Scanned ballots are seen here in secured storage boxes within the Ballot Tabulation Room of the Clark County Election Office on Tuesday night, Aug. 6, 2019.

Election results hold through second ballot count

Scanned ballots are seen here in secured storage boxes within the Ballot Tabulation Room of the Clark County Election Office on Tuesday night, Aug. 6, 2019.

August 7, 2019, 6:02pm Clark County News

Tuesday night’s primary election results held up Wednesday, when the Clark County Auditor’s Office tallied all but 500 of the 11,000 ballots that had initially been left uncounted. Read story