Primary election

A county prosecuting attorney is in charge of filing criminal charges, prosecuting cases and defending the county government from lawsuits.

Voters casting their ballots in the primary today are deciding who will compete in a number of high profile races later this year. The top two vote getters will move on to the fall general election.

According to a poll ahead of the Aug. 5 primary, worker's advocate Katie Wilson is giving the incumbent a run for his money.

Tacoma voters will have to decide who are the best candidates to compete in the city’s mayoral election later this year.

Seattle voters will be asked in August if they want to continue paying for the city’s democracy voucher program.

The past two open races for governor in Washington have been incredibly close. But the Washington State Republican Party's uphill climb to break Democrats’ 40-year grip on the governor’s office has not gotten any easier.

The Washington GOP is now suing one county and seeking to invalidate some voters' ballots in the race.

Democrat Dave Upthegrove will face off against Republican former Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler this fall. Upthegrove made it onto the ballot by just a few dozen votes.

WA Secretary of State Steve Hobbs expressed concern that “a deluge of manipulated and false information may be inserted into social media from foreign actors and other sources.”

Democrats and Republicans seem to agree that the best path to victory in the primaries — and ultimately November — is to distance themselves from the Biden administration.