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Preliminary results show voters in Seattle narrowly in favor of recalling socialist City Councilmember Kshama Sawant. She's the firebrand who pushed the city to adopt a $15 minimum wage, raged against hometown tech giant Amazon for its business practices and angered many with her aggressive political tactics.
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Jaime Herrera Beutler's vote to impeach former President Trump brought conservative challengers into the 2022 midterm race.
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Another big first in local politics is shaping up. 21-year-old college student Joshua Binda has widened his lead over longtime politician and nonprofit leader Lisa Utter in their race for Lynnwood City Council, Position 3.
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Kitsap County voters are overwhelmingly approving Proposition 1, a measure that will task an appointed medical examiner with leading death investigations countywide. Coroner Jeff Wallis campaigned in 2018 on a platform to end the county's coroner system.
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KNKX reporter Lilly Ana Fowler joins All Things Considered host Ed Ronco for election analysis. They look at who won, why and what's next for our region. Political consultant Crystal Fincher weighs in with her thoughts.
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Here are the latest vote tallies for some key races in Tacoma, Seattle and King County.
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The first round of results are in for the Nov. 2 election. We have updates on mayoral races in Seattle and Tacoma, the Seattle city attorney contest, Seattle City Council and King County Council races and more.
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Elections in Sequim are unfolding against a backdrop of political extremism, online and in real life. It's fueled, in part, by an organized effort by Republican activists to elect and appoint conservative, populist candidates to local offices on the northern Olympic Peninsula.
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Washington's Republican secretary of state who challenged former President Donald Trump’s false claims of election fraud in 2020 will lead the Biden administration’s effort to protect future elections. Kim Wyman has led elections in Washington state for years, and she was reelected to a third term in November.
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Voters across Washington state should start seeing their ballots arriving in the mail in the next few days. And, while local elections tend to be relatively quiet, there are some interesting and consequential races on the ballot this year.