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Washington voters are focused on one contest as Election Day nears

November 3, 2024, 11:24am Clark County Politics

Washington on Tuesday will elect a new governor for the first time in a dozen years. We'll elect a new attorney general, at least two and potentially as many as five new members of Congress, and a new public lands commissioner. Read story

A supporter of trans rights waves a flag in front of the Temple of Justice as an opposing rally for opponents of legislation to exempt youth shelters from contacting parents of kids seeking gender-affirming health care gathers on the steps of the Capitol Building on April 21, 2023, in Olympia, Washington.

Washington Supreme Court race is nonpartisan; the endorsements are not

November 3, 2024, 6:02am Election

It’s been a dozen years since Washington had a contested race for an open state Supreme Court seat. Read story

U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez listens as Jon Cole of Green Diamond speaks to the group during a Skamania County forest tour in Underwood on Friday afternoon, Aug. 16, 2024. The Congresswoman previously introduced the bipartisan Treating Tribes and Counties as Good Neighbors Act as well as the bipartisan Jobs in the Woods Act.

This Democrat pulled off one of the country’s biggest upsets. Can she win again in Trump country?

November 3, 2024, 6:00am Clark County Politics

Two years ago, one of the nation’s biggest political upsets took place here amid the radiant greenery of the Pacific Northwest. A new mom, the 34-year-old owner of an auto repair shop, made a run for Congress with zero help from national Democrats and nabbed a seat Republicans had held… Read story

Jacob Winstead, president of Washington State University Vancouver’s student association, holds a baby pigmy goat during a “Pet a Goat – Register to Vote” event Monday on campus. Winstead said younger voters are showing more interest in this year’s election than in prior years.

‘Pet a Goat — Register to Vote’: Clark County auditor is expecting 85% election turnout in a year of turmoil

November 2, 2024, 6:12am Clark County News

Clark County voter turnout for the 2024 general election, now just days away, will likely be similar to turnout for previous presidential elections. Read story

Mert Can Bayar, a postdoctoral student in the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public, speaks in February during an event about the online discourse around Israel and Hamas.

University of Washington tries to weather storm of setbacks for misinformation researchers

November 2, 2024, 5:53am Election Free

It’s election season, and as falsehoods rain down like a monsoon, the “rapid research” team of academics at the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public has been scrambling to analyze it all. Read story

Election

Washington voters are focused on one contest as Election Day nears

Washington Supreme Court race is nonpartisan; the endorsements are not

This Democrat pulled off one of the country’s biggest upsets. Can she win again in Trump country?

‘Pet a Goat — Register to Vote’: Clark County auditor is expecting 85% election turnout in a year of turmoil

University of Washington tries to weather storm of setbacks for misinformation researchers

Clark County voters are undeterred by attacks on ballot boxes in Vancouver and Portland

Voters are about to remake Washington’s Legislature. Here are 7 contests to watch.

WA Public Disclosure Commission fines state GOP $5,000 over finance, advertising violations

Walmart, Amazon funded PAC behind ‘defund the police’ attack ads in close Central WA race

Election tensions are running high in Clark County after ballot box arsons, with more political signs defaced