A conservative-backed ballot measure would have repealed a new tax on high earners, but voters turned it down in the latest fight over taxing the rich.

The results in Colorado and Washington were startling due to how reliably blue and LGBTQ-friendly both states have run in recent years.

Republican Amanda McKinney, a Yakima County commissioner, is projected to win the race for Washington’s 4th Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ. McKinney defeated Air Force veteran John Duresky (D) in the battle for the seat, which covers a large portion of the eastern half of the Evergreen State. Eastern Washington is more rural…

Judge Jamal Whitehead says such threats have the potential to disenfranchise legitimate voters.

Seattle voters are poised to send the first openly transgender person to Washington's Legislature, with Jaelynn Scott holding 87% of the vote as of Thursday. The big picture: The milestone comes in the same election in which Washington voters approved new restrictions on trans girls competing in girls' school sports. Zoom in: Scott, the executive director of the Black trans advocacy organization the Lavender Rights Project, is on track to win...

Washington's Initiative 001, a measure aimed at expanding what schools must tell parents about their children's counseling and medical care, continued to trail in election results Thursday. Why it matters: The measure would reverse changes Washington state lawmakers made last year to a "parents' bill of rights" the Legislature passed in 2024. The latest: I-001 was receiving 48% support as of Thursday evening, with 52% voting against it,...

Chairman Jim Walsh says Republicans held their ground in Washington state despite a Democratic wave nationwide

Democratic Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez won a third term in Washington's 3rd Congressional District, CBS News projected. Gluesenkamp Perez's victory, in a district President Trump has won three times,

Initiative 638 was passing as of the afternoon of Nov. 4. Some races remain too close to call.

Incumbent Democrat Adam Smith has been reelected to serve another term.