King County has approximately one-third of the state’s voters and frequently determines the winners.
The race for position two in the state House matches incumbent Republican Katrina Asay against Democratic Federal Way City Councilman Roger Freeman.
Federal Way City Councilmember Linda Kochmar and businessman Roger Flygare provide the public with a clear contrast in policies and style in the race to replace Mark Miloscia in the state House.
The last time the Republicans elected a governor in Washington was John Spellman about 30 years ago.
The Republican strategy this election season was to concentrate on winning the governor’s office, the state Senate and the state House of Representatives because that is where the real power is.
The future of downtown Federal Way has suddenly moved from behind the scenes political chatter to the front page.
A seemingly innocuous item may have long-term political repercussions for Federal Way.
We wrote earlier that there may be an opening. Now there may even be two, and there is an outside chance at three.
In looking at key races, Republican control seems unlikely. But they may be able to reduce the Democrats’ margin and set the stage for 2014. And right here in Federal Way may be two of the more interesting races in the state to watch.
Control of the big three — the governor’s office, the State Senate, and the State House of Representatives — is up for grabs in November.
In the contested races with a candidate that might have a chance of defeating an incumbent, the primary serves the purpose of separating “real” candidates from pretenders.
Much of the primary went as expected, but there were a couple of big surprises. The biggest one was in the governor race. For the past year, Republican Rob McKenna has run an almost textbook campaign, and at one point led Democrat Jay Inslee by double digits.
In the aftermath of Aurora, Time Magazine’s Joe Klein did a cover piece titled “How Guns Won.” It’s a startling revelation. According to Professor Fox at Northeastern University, since the 1970s, we have averaged about 20 mass shootings per year.
The race for House position two has a clear front-runner in incumbent Republican State Rep. Katrina Asay. But the Democratic battle to oppose her is fascinating.
Two Democrats and three Republicans are running to replace Democratic State Rep. Mark Miloscia, who is running for state auditor.
Over the next three weeks we will take a look at the 30th District candidates for the state House of Representatives.
You wrote a column about the Republicans trying to win the “big three” — governorship, House and Senate. Washington is a Democratic state. What are their chances?
While public attention is focused on the 2012 election, some political movers and shakers are already speculating about the 2013 elections.
This year has been filled with too many fun comments and stories to wait until the end of December to share. Here’s your mid-year political humor.