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Voters appeared content with the status quo on Tuesday, after the initial results had three incumbents and one aligned candidate leading in four of the five Washington Supreme Court races.
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Tim Clouser / The Center Square
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11/4/26
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Pierce County voters appear to be rejecting two charter amendments that would dramatically change the office of the sheriff.
Amendment 53 asked Pierce County voters if they want to switch to an …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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11/4/26
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The only state ballot measure that will likely pass in Tuesday’s election is the one that would prohibit transgender girls from competing in K-12 girls’ sports. It’s a major loss for the …
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By Aspen Ford / The Washington State Standard
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11/4/26
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Idaho voters rejected Proposition 1, the ballot initiative that sought to legalize abortion in the state up to fetal viability or in emergencies, and would have enumerated rights to other types of …
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Laura Guido / Idaho Capital Sun
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11/4/26
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As the nation experienced a blue wave in congressional midterm elections across the country, Democrats in Idaho could pick up a handful of seats in the state Legislature.
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Clark Corbin and Kyle Pfannenstiel / Idaho Capital Chronical
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11/4/26
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Democratic incumbent Gov. Tina Kotek will get another four years in office after convincing voters she was the only viable candidate who would challenge the Trump administration.
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Shaanth Nanguneri / Oregon Capital Chronicle
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11/4/26
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Eight candidates running unopposed for local office in Thurston County were on track to secure their sought-after elected positions as of election night.
Three of those candidates, Tillie …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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11/3/26
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Tuesday night saw a mixed bag of results for three initiatives on the Nov. 3 ballot that consumed a great deal of public debate leading up to election day.
An initiative to keep biological …
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square
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11/3/26
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Just as he did in the Thurston County primary election on Aug. 4, incumbent Thurston County Sheriff Derek Sanders finds himself leading big over challenger Kevin Burton-Crow on election night.
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By Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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11/3/26
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Buoyant Democrats were on course Tuesday to strengthen their grip on power in the Washington state House.
But the caucus is poised to lose its longest-serving member, and a series of intraparty …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street and Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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11/3/26
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Voters on Tuesday were upholding Washington’s new income tax on households earning more than a million dollars a year, a threshold opponents argued would eventually be lowered to apply to everyone.
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington Standard
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11/3/26
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The fifth time may be the charm.
That’s certainly what Yelm Community Schools (YCS) is hoping for in the case of its fifth attempt at passing an educational programs and operations (EP&O) …
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By Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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11/3/26
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Timberland Regional Library’s (TRL) levy lid lift proposal, which library leaders and supporters say is essential to avoiding further staff layoffs and service cuts, was passing as of election …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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11/3/26
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Polls ahead of the general election showed the incumbent U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, locked neck-and-neck with Republican challenger state Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia, in the race …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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11/3/26
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With the current Thurston County Clerk Linda Enlow set to retire at the conclusion of 2026, both challengers Nicole Miller, a Democrat, and Garrett Cady, an independent, set their sights on becoming …
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By Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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11/3/26
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As preliminary results from the Thurston County general election begin to arrive, JJ Olson leads opponent Lynda Nashed Zeman by over 15 percent in the race to become Thurston County Assessor.
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By Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
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11/3/26
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Incumbent Thurston County District 5 Commissioner Emily Clouse held a strong lead over challenger Nic Dunning on election night.
Clouse, a “pro-Democracy” Democrat seeking her second …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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11/3/26
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The Thurston County Realtors Association is doubling down on its opposition to a countrywide mandated regional Home Energy Score (HES) program by dedicating thousands of dollars to oppose one of the …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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11/3/26
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Election Day has arrived, and officials in Yakima County report that ballots have poured in faster than expected leading into Washington’s Nov. 3 general election.
Kathy Fisher, elections …
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Austin Reed | The Center Square
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11/3/26
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Washington’s massive midterm election on Tuesday is nearly here.
Voters are weighing in on initiatives to repeal a statewide income tax on high earners and bar transgender girls from competing …
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By Jerry Cornfield / The Washington State Standard
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11/2/26
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