The Associated Press has called the race for the incumbent, who was up 57% to 42% over Republican challenger Smiley after the first ballot drop Tuesday night.
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez leads Trump-endorsed Joe Kent with 53% of the vote. Democratic incumbent Kim Schrier is ahead of her GOP challenger Matt Larkin by six percentage points.
Over the years, officials have identified just a handful of ballots that might have been fraudulently cast — out of several million votes tallied across the state.
COVID stimulus gave public housing authorities new resources. While King County leads the nation in distribution, that's not the case across the state.
Brett Shavers penned a letter alleging that his son, Democratic State House candidate Clyde Shavers, never served on a submarine and isn't yet an attorney.