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A short list of ideas to replace Kim Wyman as WA secretary of state
With Kim Wyman leaving for a job in the Biden administration in November, Gov. Jay Inslee will need to appoint a replacement soon.
Melissa Santos
Melissa Santos is formerly a Crosscut staff reporter who covered state politics and the Legislature. She came to Crosscut from The Seattle Times editorial board, where she wrote columns and opinion pi
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Washington state donors gave big in Georgia Senate races
Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock benefited from more than $7 million in local contributions, many of them from tech workers.
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Proposed WA redistricting maps may violate Voting Rights Act
None of the maps proposed by members of the state Redistricting Commission would create a Yakima Valley district where most eligible voters are Latino, a new analysis finds.
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King County elections 2021: What’s at stake and why it matters
State Sen. Joe Nguyen seeks to deny Dow Constantine a fourth term, while a longtime county council member fights to keep her seat.