Patty Murray

Members of Washington state’s delegation said they’re hoping to safeguard as many Democratic policies as possible.

Washington Senator Patty Murray has made a rare endorsement in a contested primary, setting up a competitive August race for voters in the 6th Congressional District.

Washington Senator Patty Murray was sworn in Tuesday as the U.S. Senate President Pro Tempore by Vice President Kamala Harris.

Washington Democrat Patty Murray has become the first female president pro tempore of the Senate. That senior member of the majority party acts as Senate president when the vice president cannot be present.

Republican Tiffany Smiley is seeking to oust U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, a Democratic stalwart who has gone from the upstart “mom in tennis” shoes to one of her party’s most powerful officeholders in her nearly 30 years in the Senate. Smiley has repeatedly attacked Murray’s tenure and stature in the Senate during the campaign as the pair argued over abortion, crime and inflation during the run-up to Tuesday’s election.

Voting in this week's general election comes to an end Tuesday. Many issues that candidates are talking about across the country are also playing out in Washington state races. KNKX's Emil Moffatt spoke with Melissa Santos, a Seattle-based reporter for Axios about what to expect as the votes are tallied in the coming days.

Members of the Chinook Indian Nation rallied Monday on the steps of a federal building in Seattle to raise awareness for their long fight to get federal recognition. Federal recognition would mean access to federal dollars for healthcare and housing for this group of tribes, which are based in Southwestern Washington, particularly Pacific County.

The benefits provided by four giant hydroelectric dams on the Snake River must be replaced before the dams can be breached to save endangered salmon runs. That's according to a report issued Thursday by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and Washington U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, both Democrats.

Democratic Sen. Patty Murray of Washington state is seeking her sixth term at a new inflection point for women. Her campaign has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars blasting her Republican rival Tiffany Smiley ahead of their Aug. 2 primary.

Negotiations continue in the U.S. Senate around massive infrastructure and budget measures. U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, is among the Senate…