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Elections & Endorsements

2017 Endorsement Questionnaire: John Creighton

As part of our endorsement process at The Urbanist, we ask candidates to complete a standard questionnaire to better understand and evaluate their positions...

2017 Endorsement Questionnaire: Ryan Calkins

As part of our endorsement process at The Urbanist, we ask candidates to complete a standard questionnaire to better understand and evaluate their positions...

Statement Concerning Jenny Durkan’s Campaign for Seattle Mayor

The Urbanist has a core commitment to education, fairness, and transparency in our endorsement process. To those ends, we recently shared with our readers...

2017 Primary Endorsement Process, Explained

For the past two years, The Urbanist has strived to inform and enlighten our readers with coverage and endorsements of important local races. Beginning...

Andres Salomon Announces Mayoral Run Against Ed Murray

At high noon today Roosevelt-based safe streets advocate Andres Salomon announced he's running for mayor, becoming the first credible person to challenge incumbent Mayor Ed...
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2016 General Election Results

Below are the results for the 2016 General Election for Washington State as of November 10th. Current leaders will be in bold. Endorsed candidates/positions will have an (e)...

Get Those Ballots In!

It's the Monday before election day when polls will close and we will be able to reclaim our Facebook newsfeed for cat videos and selfies. But before...

Time To Vote

Ballots for the 2016 General Election have been mailed out. With just 15 days left to vote by November 8th, here’s what you need...