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2018 Election

Carbon Fee Goes Down, but Democrats Make Midterm Gains

Let’s start with the bad news. Initiative 1631 did not pass and Washington state will not have a fee on carbon pollution to invest a billion dollars per year in clean energy. Other progressive-minded ballot initiatives had a solid night though. I-940 (a police accountability measure) passed easily with

Top Urbanist Action: Vote Out the Bums

Well it’s Election Day and polls close at 8pm. Find your nearest ballot box hereĀ or drop it in the mail box in time to get postmarked today. No postage necessary this year. There’s no rule against procrastination. Get that ballot in. Here how The Urbanist Election Board

2018 General Election Endorsements

Voters have big decisions before them in the November 6th general election. Control of the US House of Representatives is at stake, and Washington State Democrats are banking on a blue wave to strengthen their hold on Olympia. The Evergreen State could also become the first to institute a carbon

2018 Endorsement Questionnaire: Dan Harder

As part of our endorsement process at The Urbanist, we ask candidates to complete a standard questionnaire to better understand and evaluate their positions onĀ housing, land use, transportation, and other important issues. WeĀ then share this information with our readers to help inform their own voting decisions. This year

2018 Endorsement Questionnaire: Joseph Brumbles

As part of our endorsement process at The Urbanist, we ask candidates to complete a standard questionnaire to better understand and evaluate their positions onĀ housing, land use, transportation, and other important issues. WeĀ then share this information with our readers to help inform their own voting decisions. This year

2018 Endorsement Questionnaire: Strom Peterson

As part of our endorsement process at The Urbanist, we ask candidates to complete a standard questionnaire to better understand and evaluate their positions onĀ housing, land use, transportation, and other important issues. We share this information with our readers to help inform their own voting decisions. This year we

2018 Endorsement Questionnaire: Sydney Gillman Wissel

As part of our endorsement process at The Urbanist, we ask candidates to complete a standard questionnaire to better understand and evaluate their positions onĀ housing, land use, transportation, and other important issues. WeĀ then share this information with our readers to help inform their own voting decisions. This year

2018 Endorsement Questionnaire: Frank Deisler

As part of our endorsement process at The Urbanist, we ask candidates to complete a standard questionnaire to better understand and evaluate their positions onĀ housing, land use, transportation, and other important issues. WeĀ then share this information with our readers to help inform their own voting decisions. This year

2018 Endorsement Questionnaire: Ted Cooke

As part of our endorsement process at The Urbanist, we ask candidates to complete a standard questionnaire to better understand and evaluate their positions onĀ housing, land use, transportation, and other important issues. WeĀ then share this information with our readers to help inform their own voting decisions. This year

2018 Endorsement Questionnaire: Nicole Macri

As part of our endorsement process at The Urbanist, we ask candidates to complete a standard questionnaire to better understand and evaluate their positions onĀ housing, land use, transportation, and other important issues. WeĀ then share this information with our readers to help inform their own voting decisions. This year

2018 Endorsement Questionnaire: Dan Satterberg

As part of our endorsement process at The Urbanist, we ask candidates to complete a standard questionnaire to better understand and evaluate their positions. WeĀ then share this information with our readers to help inform their own voting decisions, supplementing the endorsements we’ll publish next week. The following endorsement

2018 Endorsement Questionnaire: Daron Morris

As part of our endorsement process at The Urbanist, we ask candidates to complete a standard questionnaire to better understand and evaluate their positions. WeĀ then share this information with our readers to help inform their own voting decisions, supplementing our endorsements, which we’ll publish next week. The following

Top Urbanist Action: Back the I-1631 Carbon Pollution Fee

We have an enormous opportunity.Ā  Washington state could do something really meaningful to address climate change by passing a ballot initiative pricing carbon. I-1631 has united a broad coalition around a carbon pollution fee that then funds the green economy. On October 10th,Ā  supporters are gathering at Optimism Brewing in

2018 Endorsement Questionnaire: Rebecca SaldaƱa

As part of our endorsement process at The Urbanist, we ask candidates to complete a standard questionnaire to better understand and evaluate their positions onĀ housing, land use, transportation, and other important issues. WeĀ then share this information with our readers to help inform their own voting decisions. This year

2018 Endorsement Questionnaire: Melanie Morgan

As part of our endorsement process at The Urbanist, we ask candidates to complete a standard questionnaire to better understand and evaluate their positions on housing, land use, transportation, and other important issues. We then share this information with our readers to help inform their own voting decisions. This year

2018 Endorsement Questionnaire: Victoria Mena

As part of our endorsement process at The Urbanist, we ask candidates to complete a standard questionnaire to better understand and evaluate their positions onĀ housing, land use, transportation, and other important issues. WeĀ then share this information with our readers to help inform their own voting decisions. This year

2018 Endorsement Questionnaire: Adam Smith

As part of our endorsement process at The Urbanist, we ask candidates to complete a standard questionnaire to better understand and evaluate their positions onĀ housing, land use, transportation, and other important issues. WeĀ then share this information with our readers to help inform their own voting decisions. This year