Seattle voters are poised to send the first openly transgender person to Washington's Legislature, with Jaelynn Scott holding 87% of the vote as of Thursday. The big picture: The milestone comes in the same election in which Washington voters approved new restrictions on trans girls competing in girls' school sports. Zoom in: Scott, the executive director of the Black trans advocacy organization the Lavender Rights Project, is on track to win...

A federal judge in Seattle has ordered the Justice Department to cease insisting that Washington state set aside ballots of people suspected of being noncitizens and stop threatening election officials who defy demands from the federal government.

Washington's Initiative 001, a measure aimed at expanding what schools must tell parents about their children's counseling and medical care, continued to trail in election results Thursday. Why it matters: The measure would reverse changes Washington state lawmakers made last year to a "parents' bill of rights" the Legislature passed in 2024. The latest: I-001 was receiving 48% support as of Thursday evening, with 52% voting against it,...

Washington voters have shot down an effort to repeal the state's new income tax, the Associated Press reports. Why it matters: The failure of the repeal measure, Initiative 645, means the state's tax on annual incomes over $1 million will stay in place — unless opponents succeed at overturning it in court. By the numbers: I-645 was losing with 57.6% of Washington voters opposed as of Thursday night, according to the Washington secretary of...

A series of restrictive transgender ballot measures passed in multiple states on Tuesday, marking a political and cultural phenomenon amid the blue wave that crushed Republican hopes of retaining control of Congress. The propositions’ passage in Nebraska and Arizona, which will institute bans on biological males in female sports, came as Colorado and Washington state […]

Incumbent Democrat Adam Smith has been reelected to serve another term.

In California, Xavier Becerra is expected to keep the governor post in Democratic hands, while centrist GOP Rep. David Valadao, who voted to impeach President Trump in 2021, fights to hang onto his seat in one of a number of competitive House races.

KING5's Sharon Yoo breaks down how voters are reacting to the early midterm results.

Washington’s top elections official said a cyberattack hit the Washington Secretary of State’s website. During a live interview on KOMO News Tuesday night, Secretary of State (SOS) Steve Hobbs said such activity is not unusual during election season.

Washington voters appear to have rejected Initiative 001 on Tuesday, deciding whether to restore the original text of the state’s Parents’ Bill of Rights and ex