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  Are WA Democrats moving left? Primary challengers suggest so

  Primary elections are fast approaching, and Democrats in some Western Washington races are facing early competition — from other Democrats.

  • Sarah Mizes-Tan
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  Washington’s Supreme Court races are heating up. Who’s watching?

  Five state Supreme Court justice seats are up for election this November, an unusual scenario that experts say has not happened in recent memory.

  • Sarah Mizes-Tan
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  King County Assessor John Arthur Wilson faces new calls to resign amid stalking scandal

  Wilson, whom the Council cannot remove from office, oversees the department responsible for appraising property values in the county. The three-term tax assessor has been at the center of an ongoing case of alleged stalking and harassment that ended his bid for higher office last year.

  • Catharine Smith
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  Law enforcement investigating nearly 400 unopened ballots found in Renton

  The 380 ballots, mostly from King County, were not filled out and were never delivered to voters. They were addressed to voters who mostly used storefront mailboxes, like parcel lockers from Amazon or UPS, and spanned elections from 2022 to 2025.

  • Sarah Mizes-Tan
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  After 21 years in WA Legislature, a moderate Democrat calls it quits

  Democratic state Rep. Larry Springer of Kirkland, who provided a moderating voice in his caucus for two decades, announced Sunday he will not seek re-election.

  • Jerry Cornfield/Washington State Standard
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  Trump backs Braun to unseat WA’s Gluesenkamp Perez in US House race

  Republican John Braun on Tuesday snagged President Donald Trump’s endorsement in his bid to unseat Democratic U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez in southwest Washington, a race that could help decide which party controls the U.S. House.

  • Jerry Cornfield/Washington State Standard
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  Many states — including WA — count mail ballots that arrive after Election Day. Those grace periods could end

  There will be just one Election Day for this fall’s midterm elections — Nov. 3. But voters in 14 states who cast their votes by mail have been given a grace period ranging from a day later to several weeks in which their ballots can be received and counted.

  • Associated Press
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  Gerrymander Washington state? Democrats want to talk about it

  As red and now blue states around the country try to redraw their congressional maps, the conversation in Washington state to this point has been: There’s "literally no way." But Joe Fitzgibbon, the Democrats’ majority leader in the state House of Representatives, wants to start a conversation.

  • Scott Greenstone
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  Katie Wilson is officially Seattle's mayor. Her agenda: affordability, housing, and workers' rights

  Katie Wilson was sworn in as Seattle’s new mayor in a public ceremony at Seattle’s City Hall on Friday.

  • Eilís O'Neill
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  Sworn in early, Exec Zahilay is ready to shake up King County

  Surrounded by kids from the audience and holding his baby daughter, Girmay Zahilay was sworn in Tuesday as the 10th King County executive and the youngest ever to hold the position.

  • Scott Greenstone

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