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Opinion: 'Campaigns Are Rewarded For Winning, Not Being Cost-Effective'

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the record-high amounts of money spent this campaign season, a goodly amount spent by candidates who did not win.

Politics

Friday politics: Money flows into a campaign, and Seattle police budget cuts head toward vote

The primary election is Tuesday. And one race getting lots of attention, and lots of money, is the contest for state Senate in the 5th District centered around Issaquah. It's a fight between two Democrats that so far has seen more than $1.2 million raised.

Politics

David Koch Dies; Conservative Billionaire Helped Reshape U.S. Politics

Koch and his brother, Charles, built one of the nation's largest private businesses and created a network of secretly funded organizations that attacked Democrats.

About those ‘democracy vouchers.’ They didn’t work for everyone

This year, Seattle embarked on a bold political experiment in public funding for elections: the Democracy Voucher program .

Seattle businesses throw $120K at Jenny Durkan for mayoral bid

If you see ads in print or online for Jenny Durkan, they may have been paid for by her own campaign — she's the top fundraiser in the race to be Seattle...

Are boosters of that Citizens United initiative just dreaming?

Linda Brewster lives in Port Townsend, but today she traveled to Seattle to make phone calls for Initiative 735. She estimates she's dedicated over 1...

How to tell the difference between these 'two great progressives'

Campaigning before The Breakfast Group, a civic organization for African-American men, Brady Piñero Walkinshaw admitted that they had a choice between ...