Scott Greenstone

City of Seattle mayoral candidate Katie Wilson thanks her supporters during an election night party on Tuesday, November 4, 2025, at El Centro de la Raza in Seattle.

Seattle sports enthusiasm has maybe never been more obvious than this year. The Seattle Seahawks won the Super Bowl, the World Cup is he, and the SuperSonics feel closer than ever to potentially returning. None of that is due to Mayor Katie Wilson, but will she benefit from it?

Across the country, progressive Democrats are ousting establishment candidates who have, in some cases, been in office for decades. Could we see the same dynamic play out here in Washington? Or are establishment democrats here too progressive to be challenged to the left?

Democrats are gearing up to defend a 9.9% tax on every dollar a household makes over $1 million earlier this year. A conservative effort to repeal the tax would put the choice to voters in November.

Washington's 4th Congressional District will soon send a new face to D.C. for the first time in over a decade. Representative Dan Newhouse is retiring and there are a slew of challengers who want to take that seat, which covers central Washington, including Yakima, the Tri-Cities and Moses Lake.

Election officials are preparing, either way.

Washington state’s primary election is Tuesday, Aug. 4, and most voters have received ballots in the mail already.

Supporters of Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes rallied at City Hall Thursday morning, as word spread that Mayor Katie Wilson gave him a choice: resign or be fired. The move comes amid fallout over the city’s handling of a deadly mass shooting at a festival earlier this week.

Rev. Dr. Leslie Braxton speaks during a rally in protest after word spread of the firing of Seattle police chief Shon Barnes, on Thursday, July 30, 2026, at Seattle City Hall.

As locals reel from the worst mass shooting in years at Seattle Center, North Seattle voters are poised to pick a new city council member.