State Sen. Michael Baumgartner, the Republican challenger to U. S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, raised $188,000 during the first quartter, about 15 percent of the campaign contributions Cantwell collected during the same period. Baumgartner's small haul -- alo... »
A decade ago, Rob McKenna was dropped from the Sound Transit governing board by Chairman Ron Sims,after McKenna criticized runaway costs and estimating blunders in the regional light-rail program. Now that he's running for governor, the Bellevue Republ... »
State Sen. Jim Kastama, D-Puyallup, says there's nothing Senate Democrats can do to convince him to vote for their budget. The buzz in Olympia this week has been about Senate Democrats trying to peel Kastama away from Republicans to pass their own budg... »
Sen. Pam Roach, R-Auburn, says she joined Republicans to seize control of the state Senate on Friday and pass a GOP budget partly in return for being allowed to rejoin the caucus. "I was the 25th vote, and my caucus finally did the right thing," Roach ... »
The King County Republican Party says it has received multiple reports of robo calls to voters falsely claiming the Saturday caucuses have been delayed a week. Lisa Shin, executive director of the King County GOP, said the calls came in Friday evening ... »
Attendees of a Bellevue fundraiser featuring GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney got an earful from Occupy Seattle protesters gathered outside the event Thursday night.About 150 protesters stationed themselves outside Romney's private fundraiser at ... »
Updated If anything drives the Legislature into special session this year, it would likely be gridlock in the state Senate. House Democrats successfully passed their proposed budget on Wednesday, but there's a question mark when it comes to the Senate.... »
