campaign finance

This year, Seattle embarked on a bold political experiment in public funding for elections: the Democracy Voucher program.But Hisam Goueli, a candidate…

If you see ads in print or online for Jenny Durkan, they may have been paid for by her own campaign — she's the top fundraiser in the race to be Seattle's…

If you live in Seattle, four democracy vouchers will soon arrive in the mail.What to do with them? Ideally, you would be inspired by a political candidate…

Linda Brewster lives in Port Townsend, but today she traveled to Seattle to make phone calls for Initiative 735. She estimates she's dedicated over 1,500…

Campaigning before The Breakfast Group, a civic organization for African-American men, Brady Piñero Walkinshaw admitted that they had a choice between…

Democrat Adam Smith of Bellevue is running to keep his seat in Congress, but most of his campaign cash comes not from Washington state but from…

Elections are big business, with consultants, campaign staffers, advertising firms and TV stations raking in big bucks. So far, more than $110 million has…

Politicians are reputed to be as eager for contributions as my cat when she sees me reaching for the wet food.I’ve never tried taking the tuna away from…