The Cascadia Advocate is written by the staff, board, and contributors of the Northwest Progressive Institute, a regionally focused nonprofit working from Washington, Oregon, & Idaho to constructively transform our world through insightful research and imaginative advocacy.
NPI was founded in August 2003 and is based in Redmond, Washington.
| Excerpt: | Culp, who used to be employed by Republic as a policeman, denounced Reichert in a post on Twitter, writing: "DNA caught the green river killer, don't believe the hype. Reichert voted like a looney liberal in Congress." |
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| Published at: | 8:30 PM on Saturday, December 2nd, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | WA-Gov |
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| Excerpt: | The former Republican congressman is well positioned to advance to the November 2024 general election along with Attorney General Bob Ferguson, with a robust lead in NPI's early gubernatorial polling. |
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| Published at: | 10:30 AM on Sunday, November 26th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | WA-Gov |
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| Excerpt: | In a lengthy, hilariously incoherent post on Twitter, Bird struggled to respond to the numbers that show his campaign is not gaining momentum, vacillating from denouncing it to looking for a silver lining in the data. |
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| Published at: | 3:39 PM on Saturday, November 18th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | WA-Gov |
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| Excerpt: | 46% of 700 likely 2024 Washington State voters surveyed in mid-November for the Northwest Progressive Institute said they'd vote for Republican Dave Reichert if the election were being held today, while 44% said they would vote for Bob Ferguson. 9% were not sure. |
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| Published at: | 12:00 PM on Thursday, November 16th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Research Poll Findings |
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| Excerpt: | The two-term Commissioner of Public Lands is now running to succeed outgoing United States Representative Derek Kilmer in the 6th Congressional District. |
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| Published at: | 11:10 AM on Friday, November 10th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | WA-06 |
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| Excerpt: | At a star-studded rally in Seattle, the third of three September 9th kickoff events, the Attorney General showcased new endorsements from King County Executive Dow Constantine and Governor Jay Inslee. |
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| Published at: | 8:30 PM on Saturday, September 9th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | WA-Gov |
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| Excerpt: | Republican candidates can win statewide, but that means they need to appeal to voters in King County, because, despite new party chairman Jim Walsh's claims, there just are not enough votes in Eastern Washington to overturn King County’s whims. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Tuesday, September 5th, 2023 |
| Written by: | McCauley Pugh |
| Categories: | Elections, Party Politics |
| Other Tags: | Partybuilding, WA-Exec, WA-Leg, WA-Sen |
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| Excerpt: | Walsh feels that under his leadership, Republicans can end this losing streak in 2024. "We can win. We will win. We will improve the lives of people in this state," he said during a speech witnessed by The Standard's Jerry Cornfield. |
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| Published at: | 2:53 PM on Saturday, August 12th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections, Party Politics |
| Other Tags: | Partybuilding, State Party Chair Elections |
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| Excerpt: | In 2024, Evergreen State voters will have the responsibility of deciding who sits in the state's executive department, which consists of nine positions, all elected statewide for four-year terms. |
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| Published at: | 7:03 PM on Sunday, July 9th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | WA-Exec |
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| Excerpt: | The Republican frontrunner is in a vise. He faces the hard right in his own party, and a Democratic-trending state electorate which has not put a Republican in the governor’s mansion since 1980. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Saturday, July 8th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | WA-Gov |
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| Excerpt: | ”I think it would be fiscally irresponsible… for all my donors and for all of Dave’s donors for that matter to get in a 12-round heavyweight dog fight with him… when we share so many ideals and so many values of the same,” Garcia said in remarks broadcast by KING5. |
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| Published at: | 12:07 PM on Friday, July 7th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | WA-Sen |
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| Excerpt: | Reichert's personal website has yet to be updated to say he's running for governor, but some sort of formal launch is clearly imminent, and will probably occur after the long Fourth of July weekend. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Saturday, July 1st, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | WA-Gov |
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| Excerpt: | Former United States Representative and King County Sheriff Dave Reichert, a Republican, appears to be on the verge of joining the increasingly crowded field of candidates running for Governor of Washington State next year, if recent statements from Republican state legislators are any indication. |
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| Published at: | 6:18 PM on Tuesday, June 27th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | WA-Gov |
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| Excerpt: | 25% of 773 respondents interviewed June 7th and 8th for NPI said that they preferred Ferguson for Governor. 17% said they favored Republican Raul Garcia. 10% say they'd vote for ultra MAGA Republican Semi Bird. 9% said they preferred another Democratic contender: Hilary Franz, the current Commissioner of Public Lands. Another 7% back a third Democratic candidate, State Senator Mark Mullet. 33% were not sure. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 AM on Friday, June 9th, 2023 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | Research Poll Findings |
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