David Hyde
Reporter
About
David’s people-focused politics coverage tracks local and national races. At KUOW, David has also reported for our Hearken Team answering listener questions,and covered a variety of other topics ranging from vaccine hesitancy to climate change.
Previously David worked as talk show producer and also frequently hosted interviews and live call-in segments. David's education includes PhD ABD in U.S. History from Rutgers University and a BA in History from Reed College.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English
Professional Affiliations: Society of Professional Journalists
Stories
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Health
Don’t call Orcas Islanders vaccine 'hesitant.' More like, vaccine procrastinators
There are no public opinion polls that show how many people on Orcas Island plan to get a Covid-19 vaccine when they finally get the chance. But the public schools on Orcas have exceptionally low vaccine compliance rates. 93 percent of 6th grade students were out of compliance during the 2018-2019 school year, which means as far as the school knows very few kids were fully vaccinated.
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Top WA elections official threatened, doxxed after challenging Trump campaign's election misinformation
Secretary of State Kim Wyman's office confirmed on Monday that it has notified the Department of Homeland Security and the state’s own counterterrorism center, the Washington State Fusion Center, about a death threat against one of her employees.
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Politics
Clues to why Jenny Durkan won’t run again, and what to expect in the interim
‘It's hard to imagine that all of that heat from the left and the right didn't play some sort of role here.’
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Seattle reacts to Mayor Durkan's announcement she will not seek re-election in 2021
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan announced Monday that she will not seek re-election to the city's top office in 2021. Her exit leaves the office open for grabs after just one term.
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Washington state Democrats point fingers after losses in U.S. House
As Democrats in the other Washington argue about who is to blame for the loss of at least 8 US. House seats to Republicans, a similar debate is taking shape in the aftermath of the race for the 10th Congressional District here in Washington state.
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10 things to watch for during Washington's 2020 election
While the nation's attention is focused on the presidential election, there are a handful of races on Washington ballots that will greatly influence the future of local life.
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Politics
Left and right still talk in this district east of Seattle, but what does that mean when their candidate lands in D.C.?
Incumbent Democrat Kim Schrier is being challenged by Republican Jesse Jensen to represent the 8th Congressional District, east of Seattle. Unlike a lot of American politics in 2020, one big theme in the race is bipartisanship. But what does bipartisanship mean in a hyper-partisan age?
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Trump promised to revive Northwest timber jobs during his 2016 campaign. That hasn't happened
Mason County, which is due west of Olympia, was one of two reliably Democratic counties in Western Washington that swung hard for Donald Trump in the last election, when he promised on the campaign trail to bring timber jobs back to the Northwest. But the jobs have not come back.
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Which shade of blue will win Washington state's 10th congressional district this year?
The race for Washington’s 10 Congressional District in the Olympia-Tacoma area is just one of two in the country that pits one Democrat against another this year.
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Government
Durkan's proposed 2021 budget: $100M for BIPOC communities, wage freezes, and more
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