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Election mail threats across the PNW prompt new look at protections heading into 2024

Threats made against election workers have sharply increased in recent years, and the latest scares in Washington have officials thinking of ways to prepare for 2024.
Jeanie Lindsay
Week in Review: election, citations, and grizzlies

Host Bill Radke discusses the week’s news with health journalist Joanne Silberner, Geekwire’s Mike Lewis, and Seattle Channel’s Brian Callanan.
Bill Radke

Kevin Kniestedt
Politics

Why Mayor Bruce Harrell might be the biggest winner of Seattle's 2023 election

If there was a big-picture winner of Seattle’s 2023 general election, it’s arguably Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell.
Libby Denkmann

Sarah Leibovitz
Politics

Results are in: What do this year's elections mean for 2024?

Washington elections are a lesson in patience. A week after the general election, results are just shaping up for most of the major races. And those results can help with determining what policy and politics will look like in Seattle, and Washington.
Mike Davis

Sarah Leibovitz
Politics

Some Seattle City Council races too close to call, but most have winners

Many Seattle City Council races were concluded over the weekend, after Friday's updated ballot count, with candidates conceding to their opponents. A few races have candidates crossing their fingers with counts that remain too close to call.
KUOW Staff
Week in Review: Election, Starbucks, and ferries

Host Bill Radke discusses the week’s news with The Stranger’s Vivian McCall, Puget Sound Business Journal’s Alex Halverson, and KUOW’s David Hyde.
Bill Radke

Kevin Kniestedt
Politics

Hilary Franz ends campaign for WA governor, now running for Congress
Dyer Oxley
Law & Courts

Envelopes with fentanyl or other substances were sent to several elections offices

The letters were sent to elections offices in the presidential battlegrounds of Georgia and Nevada, as well as California, Oregon and Washington, with some being intercepted before they arrived.
The Associated Press
Politics

WA Congressmember Derek Kilmer won't run for re-election in 2024

After six terms as Washington's representative in the 6th Congressional District, U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer said he's planning for life outside of Congress.
Dyer Oxley
Government

Suspicious letters targeting Pierce, King elections share striking similarities

Images of two of the suspicious letters sent recently to local elections offices in Washington State contain striking similarities. The text of the letters sent to Pierce County Elections on Nov. 8 and to King County Elections during the primary election on July 31 both call t end elections, combined with threats and listings of political symbols. While there’s no image available of the latest letter to King County, officials say it also was similar in nature.
Amy Radil

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