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Tuesday night’s initial vote counts in Washington’s primary election can be boiled down to a simple dichotomy: Good for Democrats, bad for Republicans. 

Democrats look poised to gain seats in the Legislature as they close in on a supermajority that would make it easier to pass policies Republicans oppose. Southwest Washington is a particular sore spot for the GOP, as i...


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A second day of ballot counting didn’t go well for a former Washington state lawmaker pursuing a comeback, but it did for a Republican legislator seeking a second term.

Across the state, margins grew and shrank in other closely watched contests with Wednesday’s tally. More changes will come until the primary results are final later this month.

Freshman Rep. Bria...


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Fresh off a losing bid to unseat U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, fellow Democrat Brent Hennrich says he won’t be supporting her in the general election.

Hennrich earned over 16% of the tally as of Wednesday night in southwest Washington’s 3rd Congressional District, a distant third to Gluesenkamp Perez, a two-term moderate Democrat, and John Braun, the state Senate’...


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Top brass from Washington State Ferries gathered Wednesday at a shipyard in Panama City, Florida, for a maritime ceremony that has been all too rare lately for the agency. They celebrated the cutting of the first steel for a new boat, the first of three new hybrid-electric ferries.

The state ferry system urgently needs new vessels to replace aging ferries that are past...


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Washington state Supreme Court incumbents, including two new appointees of Gov. Bob Ferguson, were leading after early primary voting results were reported Tuesday night. 

And a King County judge appeared poised to face off with a conservative county judge for an open position on the high court in November, though the race remains close.

Justice Colleen Melody, ...


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