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Anti-tax candidate in close second for King County assessor position (opens the original)
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The race for King County assessor is still too close to call after three days of counting. On Thursday, while first-place Rob Foxcurran looked poised to advance to the general election, the battle for second place was within half a percentage point. Anti-tax candidate and brewery owner Dominique Scarimbolo was just 1,213 votes ahead of Chris Roberts, the former mayor of Shoreline. Second place advances to the November ballot, along with the first-place winner. The county assessor is responsible
Seattle Police Chief Barnes has resigned; mayor makes it official after hours of silence (opens the original)
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After hours of radio silence Thursday, Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson announced that Police Chief Shon Barnes would step down. Deputy Chief Andre Sayles will serve as interim chief, according to a statement from Wilson’s office that was sent around 3:30 p.m. "Chief Barnes has served this department and this city with dedication, and I am grateful for his service," said Wilson. Barnes tendered his resignation Thursday after reports the previous night that the mayor gave him an ultimatum: resign or be
Fired or resigned? Seattle Police Chief Barnes supporters rally amid reports he's been ousted (opens the original)
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Has Seattle Chief Shon Barnes lost his job? That’s the word around City Hall, but as of noon on Thursday, the public doesn’t know for sure. Mayor Katie Wilson’s office still has not released an official statement. Rumors swirled wildly late into the night on Wednesday and into Thursday that Wilson had canned Barnes – mere days after a mass shooting at Seattle Center that left five people injured and three dead. Officials close to Wilson told KUOW that the mayor and members of her staff told them
Catharine Smith (opens the original)
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Catharine is KUOW's politics editor. She never met a spreadsheet she didn't like, and she's obsessed with campaign trail drama, voting trends, debates in the state Legislature, and Trump's tweets. Before starting at KUOW in 2022, she worked in New York City at as a producer at WNYC, and she freelanced for The Guardian and the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting. Catharine got her start in journalism on HuffPost's technology desk — and she will always regret ditching her flip phone for that job.
What to watch in Washington state's 2026 primary election (opens the original)
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Washington state’s primary election is Tuesday, Aug. 4, and most voters have received ballots in the mail already. This year doesn’t feature a presidential race, though there are some federal contests to consider: All of Washington's U.S. House seats are up for election. Voters will also decide a historic number of state Supreme Court races, along with a dizzying number of seats in the Legislature. Some county and city positions are on the ballot, too. Many races have lots of candidates, but onl
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