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A statewide initiative to help pay for political campaigns with public money has failed in Washington. That’s despite supporters raising $4 million to…

More than $1.2 million has been spent on one of more obscure statewide races in Washington.That's the battle for public lands commissioner. Democrat…

Washington state officials are calling it the largest campaign-finance penalty in U.S. history.A Thurston County Superior Court judge on Wednesday ordered…

Controversial "spirit channeler"JZ Knight of Yelm has channeled another $54,000 into Washington state politics.Knight claims to channel a 35,000-year-old…

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…

A Seattle-area transit initiative takes in money from real-estate interests who could profit if the initiative passes. Commuters would face higher taxes,…

Construction firms and other big businesses have pumped more than $2 million into the campaign to pass a Sound Transit ballot measure this fall.While…

New York billionaire Michael Bloomberg has waded a quarter-million dollars deeper into Washington state politics.Bloomberg gave $248,000 to Washington…