Washington Primary Election

General election contests are taking shape. KNKX's Kirsten Kendrick talks with Seattle Times political reporter Jim Brunner about recent major political events.

A crowded ballot with 28 candidates for Governor seemed to slow some Washington primary voters. But it didn’t stop them as the deadline approached Tuesday.

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.”

Far fewer people vote in the primary compared to the general election, and getting out the vote can be tough. But some voters are banding together to make voting more fun, and more informed.

Democrat turnout is way down in the pimary, and about 8% of voters are "uncommitted" to Biden in early returns.

Voters in Washington state might put former President Donald Trump over the top in his bid for the Republican presidential nomination. President Joe Biden is also on the ballot in Washington.

Activists, along with some local union leaders and elected officials, are encouraging voters frustrated with the president’s support of Israel to vote uncommitted in the March 12 primary.

It's been week since the Washington primarily elections and officials are still methodically counting votes. With 40,000 ballots to go, Olympia Correspondent Austin Jenkins joined KNKX Morning Edition host Kirsten Kendrick to talk key races, including the contest for Washington Secretary of State and Joe Kent's current lead over Jaime Herrera Beutler for the state's 3rd Congressional District.

Three Republican challengers are mounting energetic campaigns to unseat Democratic U.S. Rep. Kim Schrier in Washington’s 8th Congressional District, which includes the eastern portions of King and Pierce counties and is a key target of GOP efforts to retake control of the House.

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.