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
Latest work
Politics
How Loren Culp’s book tour turned into a campaign for WA governor
The first-time candidate built his political brand by refusing to enforce a voter-approved gun law as police chief — then wrote a book about it.
Politics
Loren Culp vs. Jay Inslee: Their views on guns, BLM, COVID-19 and more
The candidates for Washington governor hold wildly different views on just about everything.