Elections

Ballot challenge is certain for state's gay-marriage bill

OLYMPIA — Washington state is likely to become the seventh state to legalize same-sex within the next two weeks, but opponents have already promised a ballot challenge would halt any summertime weddings.

Will state GOP caucuses carry import? Yes, if Gingrich rallies

OLYMPIA — The Republican presidential race is heading West. And it soon may be arriving in Washington.

Gingrich sweeps South Carolina primary

CHARLESTON, S.C. – Newt Gingrich won the South Carolina Republican primary Saturday, a stunning come-from-behind upset that shook the contest for the party’s presidential nomination like an earthquake.

A big factor in state legislative session: Fall, spring elections

The Washington Legislature kicks off a chaotic 60-day session battle Monday with a sense of urgency about fixing a $1.5 billion budget gap. But in many ways the 2012 legislative session is looking like a giant run-up to spring and fall elections.

Santorum will be target at tonight’s GOP debate

NASHUA, N.H. – Republican presidential candidates face off tonight for their first debate in three weeks, a high-stakes showdown as Mitt Romney hints he’s poised to run away with the nomination and Rick Santorum grabs the spotlight for the first time in the battle to be the main anti-Romney.