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In Washington governor debate, homelessness was discussed with little depth

September 12, 2024, 12:28pm Clark County Politics

If public safety was the main course at Tuesday's gubernatorial debate, then Washington's homelessness and housing crisis was a small, but spicy appetizer. Read story

A spool of stickers rests on a table at a polling station during Massachusetts state primary voting, Sept. 3, 2024, in Newton, Mass.

AP-NORC/USAFacts survey: Most Americans don’t trust AI-powered election information

A spool of stickers rests on a table at a polling station during Massachusetts state primary voting, Sept. 3, 2024, in Newton, Mass.

September 12, 2024, 9:19am Election

Jim Duggan uses ChatGPT almost daily to draft marketing emails for his carbon removal credit business in Huntsville, Ala. But he’d never trust an artificial intelligence chatbot with any questions about the upcoming presidential election. Read story

Republican challenges incumbent in race for Washington’s lieutenant governor

September 10, 2024, 2:36pm Clark County Politics

A Republican who wants smaller government will face off with a Democratic incumbent this November in the race for Washington’s lieutenant governor. Read story

Republican Joe Kent, left, and Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez wait before taking the stage for a debate in the race for the 3rd Congressional District in 2022. Five debates are slated for October as the candidates head for a rematch in November.

Group: Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez sticking to ‘no corporate PAC’ donations pledge

Republican Joe Kent, left, and Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez wait before taking the stage for a debate in the race for the 3rd Congressional District in 2022. Five debates are slated for October as the candidates head for a rematch in November.

September 9, 2024, 1:07pm Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive

The arbiter of the “no corporate PAC” pledge maintains that U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, is keeping her promise to reject financial support from corporate political action committees, despite Republicans’ claims to the contrary. Read story

Phil Kronebush of Vancouver, left, joins Tim Lussier of Clackamas, Ore., as they greet drivers outside a Chevron gas station along Northeast Andresen Road on Friday morning. Let’s Go Washington hosted three gas station events to highlight the Initiative 2117 campaign to repeal the state’s Climate Commitment Act. The organization slashed the cost of gasoline to reflect the national average and paid the difference on every gallon of gas sold during the event.

Backers of I-2117 slash gas prices at Vancouver station to highlight impact of climate act

Phil Kronebush of Vancouver, left, joins Tim Lussier of Clackamas, Ore., as they greet drivers outside a Chevron gas station along Northeast Andresen Road on Friday morning. Let’s Go Washington hosted three gas station events to highlight the Initiative 2117 campaign to repeal the state’s Climate Commitment Act. The organization slashed the cost of gasoline to reflect the national average and paid the difference on every gallon of gas sold during the event.

September 6, 2024, 4:56pm Business

Let’s Go Washington, a conservative political action committee, lowered the price of gas to $3.19 a gallon at a Vancouver Chevron gas station for two hours Friday morning. Read story

Jaime Herrera Beutler, left, is leading in the Washington lands commissioner primary race. Sue Kuehl Pederson, center, and Dave Upthegrove, right, are in a close battle for the second spot. The top two finishers will advance to the November general election.

WA GOP suing King County Elections over commissioner of public lands primary results

Jaime Herrera Beutler, left, is leading in the Washington lands commissioner primary race. Sue Kuehl Pederson, center, and Dave Upthegrove, right, are in a close battle for the second spot. The top two finishers will advance to the November general election.

September 6, 2024, 7:47am Election

The state Republican Party says it has filed a lawsuit challenging King County’s use of an online tool to allow voters to fix their challenged ballots, mostly with signature issues. Read story

Republican Joe Kent, left, and Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez wait before taking the stage for a debate in the race for the 3rd Congressional District, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, in Vancouver.

Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez, Joe Kent will face off at least five times in October

Republican Joe Kent, left, and Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez wait before taking the stage for a debate in the race for the 3rd Congressional District, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, in Vancouver.

September 5, 2024, 1:12pm Clark County News

Multiple debates between U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, and Joe Kent are slated for October. Read story

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, left, and Republican Joe Kent.

Joe Kent agrees to Oct. 7 debate in Longview with Gluesenkamp Perez

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, left, and Republican Joe Kent.

September 5, 2024, 7:39am Clark County News

Joe Kent and Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, candidates in the hotly-contested race for Washington’s 3rd COngressional District, will debate in Longview on Oct. 7. Read story

New polling from a political action committee that helps elect House Democrats shows that Project 2025, a presidential transition project published by the Heritage Foundation, is unpopular in multiple swing districts, including Washington's 3rd Congressional District.

Project 2025 unpopular in Washington’s 3rd Congressional District, Democrats’ polling shows

New polling from a political action committee that helps elect House Democrats shows that Project 2025, a presidential transition project published by the Heritage Foundation, is unpopular in multiple swing districts, including Washington's 3rd Congressional District.

September 5, 2024, 6:09am Clark County News

New polling from a political action committee that helps elect House Democrats shows that Project 2025 is unpopular in multiple swing districts, including Washington’s 3rd Congressional District. Read story

Former 3rd District Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, left, will face off with Dave Upthgrove for the public lands commissioner seat in the Nov. 5 election.

Upthegrove and Herrera Beutler on track to square off in WA lands commissioner race

Former 3rd District Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, left, will face off with Dave Upthgrove for the public lands commissioner seat in the Nov. 5 election.

September 4, 2024, 3:37pm Election Free

Democrat Dave Upthegrove will advance to the general election in the Washington state lands commissioner race based on the results of a hand recount in which he clinched the second place spot in the primary by just 49 votes. Read story