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Rural People’s Voice’s organizing manager Teresa Bendito, right, and Wenatchee organizer Juan Pablo Suarez leave the steps of a home who had not turned in their ballot. (Credit: Jacob Ford […]Read More
Listen (00:56) Read U.S. Rep. Kim Schrier, a Democrat, won re-election Thursday in Washington’s 8th Congressional District, defeating Republican challenger Carmen Goers. Schrier will return to Washington, D.C., in January […]Read More
U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse, left, and Jerrod Sessler. (Credit: Dan Newhouse and Jerrod Sessler) Listen (Runtime 1:03) Read U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse holds a slim lead over President-elect Donald Trump-endorsed […]Read More
In Western Washington, Clallam County has likely lost its 40 year streak as a bellwether for the presidential election. While more votes are still being counted, the majority of Clallam votes tallied so far are for Vice President Kamala Harris.
That is not the story nationwide. The election has been called for former president Donald Trump. Read More
Democrats Chelsea Dimas, Maria Beltran and Ana Ruiz Kennedy are running in Washington’s 14th Legislative District in central Washington. They were the targets of some GOP text messages to Spanish-speaking […]Read More
Candidate Jerrod Sessler, a Republican, and incumbent Dan Newhouse, a Republican, are running for the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington’s 4th Congressional District position. (Credit: Sessler’s campaign website and […]Read More
Community members registered to vote and learned about their voter registration status at an event hosted by the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. (Credit: Courtney Flatt / NWPB) […]Read More
Angelo Avila is a licensed mental health counselor based in Bellingham. (Credit: Connor Henricksen / NWPB) Listen (Runtime 3:34) Read Connor Henricksen: A lot of people aren’t feeling great about […]Read More
The 2024 election is underway, and the candidates' campaigns in central Washington are moving forward.
As part of NWPB’s elections coverage, we surveyed our audience and asked listeners to submit questions they would like our news team to ask candidates. Read More
Ballot drop boxes at Washington State University (Credit: Phineas Pope / NWPB) Listen (Runtime 3:16) Read “Voter fraud” might be the first thing you think when someone mentions election security. […]Read More
The 2024 election is underway, and the candidates' campaigns in central Washington are moving forward.
As part of NWPB’s elections coverage, we surveyed our audience and asked them to submit questions they would like our news team to ask candidates. Here are their responses.Read More
Washington State U.S. Postal Service administration investigating where ballots that never reached voters have gone.Read More
In high school classrooms and on college campuses, students learn about the U.S. system of governance and the country’s political history. This November, some get to make their voice heard in those systems for the first time as voters.
In the Northwest, the issues driving some of these voters vary; from social issues to economics to housing. Still, others are choosing Read More
Listen I-2109 would repeal the capital gains tax, which helps fund child care and schools. (Credit: Flickr Creative Commons / Kids’ Work Chicago Daycare) (Runtime :56) Read In NWPB’s recent […]Read More
A resident makes his way to the dining room for lunch at a nursing home on March 6, 2020. (Credit: David Goldman / AP Photo) Watch Listen (Runtime :53) Read […]Read More
Democratic incumbent Maria Cantwell and Republican challenger Raul Garcia faced off in Spokane. Read More
Nick Brown, left, a Democrat, makes remarks during a debate in Spokane on Sept. 18, 2024. He and Pete Serrano, a Republican, right, are running in the 2024 Washington state […]Read More
Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson, a Democrat (left), will face off against former sheriff and congressman Dave Reichert, a Republican (right), in the race for governor this November. (Side by […]Read More
A research study at Washington State University that monitored audiences’ live reactions to the Tuesday presidential debate showed a bigger emotional response from Democratic voters than Republicans.Read More
If you were to drive the farthest west you can in Washington, you’d reach Clallam County. That’s on the tip of the Olympic Peninsula, nestled between the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Pacific Ocean. It’s a remote, wide county, where you can visit Olympic National Park and drive from sunny Sequim to rainy Forks. It’s a place known for its beauty and for its Read More
Tras conocerse los resultados de las elecciones primarias de Washington, las miradas siguen puestas en los principales comicios de todo el estado.Read More
With Washington's primary election results in, eyes remain on key races throughout the state. On Thursday, the Office of the Secretary of State certified the Aug. 6 Primary results and ordered a statewide manual recount of the Commissioner of Public Lands race.Read More
The Sunnyside School District will change how it elects school board members. The move came after an agreement between the school district, the nonprofit Empowering Latina Leaders and Action (ELLA) and the ACLU of Washington to avoid diluting the Hispanic or Latino/e/x vote.Read More
Left, Dan Newhouse (Credit: Dan Newhouse) Right, Jerrod Sessler (Credit: Jerrod Sessler) Listen (Runtime 1:03) Read U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse has fallen behind in votes against Donald Trump-endorsed challenger Jerrod […]Read More
Listen (Runtime 1:30) Read In Tuesday’s gubernatorial primary election, Washington state’s current Attorney General Bob Ferguson and Dave Reichert, a former U.S. Representative for Washington’s 8th Congressional District, emerged as […]Read More
(Credit: Dan Newhouse, Jerrod Sessler and Tiffany Smiley campaigns) Listen (Runtime 1:09) Read Washington state voters face a choice: Re-elect incumbent U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse, one of the few House […]Read More
By: Jeanie Lindsay, Northwest News Network A judge decided Friday to press pause on part of Washington’s new “parents bill of rights” law. It comes as the American Civil […]Read More
A ballot from the March 2024 primary election in Washington state. (Credit: Johanna Bejarano / NWPB) Listen (Runtime 7:53) Read In preparation for the general election this November, Northwest Public […]Read More
A few months from now, people across Washington state will vote in this year’s general election. Most will vote by mail, with the ballot mailed to them from their county auditor.
Voters will fill out their ballots, sign the envelopes and drop them off in a ballot box or send them in the post, where a team of election workers will accept those ballots and send them over to Read More
By: Jeanie Lindsay, Northwest News Network The governor’s race in Washington is back to “Bob-ness” as usual, after two candidates named Bob Ferguson withdrew their names from consideration Monday. The […]Read More
By: Jeanie Lindsay, Northwest News Network People running for office in Washington will begin submitting official paperwork next week to get on the ballot – and an unusually high number […]Read More
The skepticism in how elections work and their accuracy has become a hot topic on social media, at the dinner table and in the news.
Kyle Haugh, Pierce County elections manager, said since 2016, there’s been a spike in interest in how elections are administered. Read More
Washington State University student Alura Lane works at a coffee shop in downtown Pullman most days of the week to pay for college, rent and other living expenses. This election […]Read More
