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WA Republicans are pushing this write-in for Secretary of State
State Rep. Brad Klippert, who has been skeptical of the state's voting system, is campaigning after the GOP was shut out in the August primary.
Joseph O’Sullivan
Joseph O’Sullivan is Crosscut’s former state politics reporter. Before joining Crosscut in 2022, O’Sullivan spent nearly eight years as Olympia bureau reporter for The Seattle Times. Before that, he c
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Democrats raising more than Republicans in WA congressional races
Schrier and Gluesenkamp Perez are outraising Republican candidates Larkin and Kent. At the same time, GOP challenger Smiley raised more than U.S. Sen. Patty Murray.
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WA's secretary of state race is a special election — in more ways than one
It pits two experienced candidates, Democrat Steve Hobbs and nonpartisan Julie Anderson, for a job that has increasingly focused on the security of elections.
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Why aren't national Dems bankrolling WA's 3rd Congressional race?
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez is trailing Trump-backed Republican Joe Kent in fundraising. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee isn't helping.
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Smiley's uphill battle to unseat 30-year incumbent Senator Murray
Tiffany Smiley and Patty Murray spar over inflation, COVID spending and abortion in the race to represent Washington in the U.S. Senate.