Voters care more about homelessness than any other issue. But some question whether the Seattle City Council alone can solve it.

Vocal support from Teresa Mosqueda and Lorena Gonzalez comes after the tech giant dumped another $1 million into municipal races.

Challenger Girmay Zahilay shocked the veteran King County Council member in the primary. Now, Gossett is trying to stage a comeback.

The contest between Sawant and Orion is the latest example of the city's perennial conflict between the left and big business.

The mayor's decision to deride the District 2 city council candidate was both unusual and misguided.

A voting rights lawsuit against the city opened the door for Latino leaders across the state. But in Yakima those gains seem to be disappearing.

The city has seen an influx of new residents. But how much will that really change how the city is run?

The welded steel dropboxes got their start in the Puget Sound, but are now in demand across the country.

Many anti-hacking measures that election watchdogs want to enact at the federal level are already in place in Washington state.

The veteran council member earned 37% of the primary vote. No incumbent has recovered from numbers that low in at least 20 years. 

The committee that launched I-1000 is deep in debt. Meanwhile, initiative promoter Tim Eyman is again in legal trouble as he champions I-976.

Opponents of Referendum 88 say it would institute numeric, race-based quotas in Washington state. The U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled such practices illegal.

The measure, which Washington state voters will decide on in November, also has the support of many veterans groups.

Washington Asians For Equality, a group working to overturn the state’s new affirmative-action law, gained political momentum while fighting racial-equity efforts in Bellevue schools.

Seattle's wealthiest precincts turned out in force. But younger voters and renters also saw increases from past years.