David Hyde
Reporter
About
David’s people-focused politics coverage tracks local and national races. At KUOW, David has also reported for our Hearken Team answering listener questions,and covered a variety of other topics ranging from vaccine hesitancy to climate change.
Previously David worked as talk show producer and also frequently hosted interviews and live call-in segments. David's education includes PhD ABD in U.S. History from Rutgers University and a BA in History from Reed College.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English
Professional Affiliations: Society of Professional Journalists
Stories
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Politics
Seattle’s top issue for its next mayor, according to these voters
KUOW waited near the ballot drop box outside the South Park library for hours this week, asking people what their top issue is in the Seattle’s Mayor’s race. The response was nearly universal: Homelessness.
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Politics
KUOW asks: What is your top issue for Seattle's mayoral candidates?
Seattleites are voting for a new mayor this year. We're asking all the 2021 primary candidates how they would address a range of issues facing the city. And we are going further and putting those same questions to our KUOW audience. This week is a little different. Everybody has an issue that they focus on more than others. What's yours?
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Politics
Conspirational thinking creeps into Olympic Peninsula politics
Last year, right wing conspiracy theories from QAnon were injected into the U.S. Presidential race. This year conspiratorial thinking is creeping into small town races around the country, including several on the northern Olympic Peninsula in Washington State. A QAnon apologist named Donnie Hall recruits and trains candidates through a group he co-founded called the Independent Advisory Association.
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The one issue each Seattle mayoral candidate is passionate about
KUOW has asked each candidate running for Seattle mayor in 2021 seven questions addressing key issues facing the city and what they would do about it. This week: the issue each candidate is passionate about.
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KUOW asks Seattle: How can the city recover from the pandemic?
KUOW is asking Seattle voters the same questions it is asking candidates for mayor in the 2021 primary election. This week, we asked: What’s the one thing you’d do differently to tackle Seattle’s Covid recovery?
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Politics
Right-wing conspiracy theory politics grip Sequim, a small Washington coastal town
A political firestorm was provoked in Sequim, Wash. last year, shortly after the town got a new mayor, who turned out to be a promoter of right-wing QAnon conspiracy theories. This year, one of the mayor's main backers – a Q conspiracy apologist named Donald "Donnie" Hall – is working with a slate of candidates on the northern Olympic Peninsula.
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How would Seattle's mayoral candidates handle pandemic recovery?
KUOW has asked each candidate running for Seattle mayor in 2021 seven questions addressing key issues facing the city and what they would do about it. This week: Seattle's pandemic recovery.
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Politics
Twitter spats and smack talk — another week in Seattle politics
Downtown Seattle is front and center in the mayor’s race this week. And two frontrunners landed themselves in hot water this week.
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KUOW asks: How would you address violent crime in Seattle?
KUOW is asking Seattle voters the same questions it is asking candidates for mayor in the 2021 primary election. This week, we asked about violent crime.
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How would Seattle's mayoral candidates address violent crime?
KUOW has asked each candidate running for Seattle mayor in 2021 seven questions addressing key issues facing the city and what they would do to address it. This week: crime.