An election worker opens envelopes containing vote-by-mail ballots for the August 4 Washington state primary at King County Elections in Renton, Washington on August 3, 2020.

Three take-aways from this month's election that saw moderates defeating extremists in Seattle and in some ballot questions nationally.

Today is the day! This is our opportunity to reset City Hall and unite Seattle around our shared values and priorities – driving real progress on the issues we face. For your vote to count in ...

On election night Seattle ripped off its barely-there mask and proved the activists right: this town thinks of itself as a bunch of data-driven, "compassionate" progressives, but really it's a lot ...

Political junkies in Seattle had a lot to binge on in 2021. The city held its regularly scheduled election, as well as a special election. Voters chose the first Republican for a city-wide seat in ...

Seattle voters will decide who will become the next mayor of our city, who will serve in two citywide council seats and who will become the next city attorney in the Nov. 2 general election ...

The city attorney leads prosecutions of low-level crimes and advises Seattle on legal matters. But the race was closely watched because it mirrored growing political polarization in America.

Nearly all business-backed, moderate candidates have opened leads in Seattle city races as initial election results indicate a voter pushback on ...

Until the 2021 election, the Seattle City Attorney was a low-profile role, with incumbent moderate Pete Holmes serving for three terms. However, he lost his bid for reelection in the primary to two ...

The race for Mayor of Seattle will dominate the regional media, but for most of the suburbs, it is the King County Executive and the King County Council races that have the biggest impact other ...