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Medina property-tax increase failing by just 10 votes
A new ballot drop on Thursday did not change leads in other Eastside races.
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King County to drop results from more than 150,000 ballots today. Here’s what...
King County’s too-close-to-call races in Tuesday’s election could be clearer Friday afternoon, when all but 5% of the ballots are expected to be counted. A statewide measure on affirmative action may...
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Seattle’s wildly uneven growth is rewriting Seattle City Council district...
When the Seattle City Council switched from citywide to district elections, it had a couple unintended consequences. Some voters may not be too thrilled about it. Here’s why. The city’s recent...
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Sawant surges past Orion in Seattle City Council race with Friday vote counts
A win for Sawant would mean defeats in five of seven contests for candidates backed by Amazon and the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, which long ago vowed to use the 2019 elections to reshape...
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Affirmative-action measure Referendum 88 trails despite big King County support
OLYMPIA — King County on Friday made the Referendum 88 race a nail-biter, giving hope to people who have waited two decades for Washington state to end its ban on affirmative action. But even with two...
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Socialist Kshama Sawant declares victory in Seattle City Council race
The race attracted national attention in recent weeks as business interests poured money into the District 3 contest. Sawant surged past challenger Egan Orion after later vote tallies Friday.
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Weekend ballot count leaves Referendum 88 trailing by less than 1 percentage...
Voters in King County brought the affirmative-action proposal to within 1 percentage point of passing, however Snohomish County's votes were needed and they weren't there.
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Amazon lost the Seattle City Council elections after a $1 million power play....
Now that business-backed candidates have lost in most Seattle City Council races, the question is: Will the next council wade back into last year's loudest political debate and adopt something like...
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Medina property-tax increase now narrowly leading; council races tight in...
If approved, the city’s levy rate would increase by 20 cents, to 84 cents per $1,000 of assessed value in 2020, and additional increases of 5% each year until 2025
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Outside of Seattle, homelessness drives change at the ballot box
The politics of homelessness in Seattle may well have had ripple effects in other communities across the state.
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Egan Orion concedes to Kshama Sawant in Seattle City Council race, cites...
Orion led the incumbent with 54% of the vote in last Tuesday's initial tally, but Sawant surged ahead Thursday as more ballots were added, passing her challenger and dealing a blow to companies such as...
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‘I am not a socialist’: One candidate’s attempt to make sense of the...
The Seattle elections are now being characterized as a victory for socialism against the dark forces of Amazon. Not every candidate being roped into that agrees with the story line.
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Eyman’s car-tab initiative violates state Constitution, says complaint by...
I-976 aims to lower many car-tab costs to $30, repeal city authority to charge local car-tab fees and roll back Sound Transit car-tab taxes.
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Younger Seattleites waited until the last minute to vote — then progressive...
The surge in younger voters coincided with a shift in election results favoring left-leaning candidates, including Kshama Sawant, who rallied from an Election Night deficit to win reelection.
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New Seattle City Council begins to take shape as District 4 election winner...
The new Seattle City Council began to take shape Tuesday as the results of the Nov. 5 elections were certified and Alex Pedersen was sworn in to serve District 4. In a ceremony at Magnuson Park,...
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What are the political lines in your Seattle neighborhood? See where council...
Precinct-by-precinct results released this week tell a more detailed tale about the district races and highlight where exactly divisions slice through the electorate.
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Spending on Seattle elections doubled, led by Amazon. Now council member...
PACs spent $4 million for and against general-election candidates in Seattle's seven council races. That's six times more than such PACs spent on Seattle's general-election candidates in 2015, when all...
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Redmond is growing and Medina is taxing after last month’s Eastside election...
Last month’s elections, in Seattle’s Eastside suburbs, saw women and renters win a majority on Redmond City Council, recounts in Bothell and Mercer Island, approval for tax hikes in wealthy Medina,...
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With nearly all ballots counted, voters reject Washington’s...
With King, Pierce and other counties reporting late Tuesday afternoon, the statewide measure trailed 49.6% to 50.4%.
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With the loss of Referendum 88, affirmative-action advocates wonder what’s...
In a campaign full of charged politics and emotional arguments over race and equity, the statewide measure lost by 1 point.
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