Seattle voters are poised to send the first openly transgender person to Washington's Legislature, with Jaelynn Scott holding 87% of the vote as of Thursday. The big picture: The milestone comes in the same election in which Washington voters approved new restrictions on trans girls competing in girls' school sports. Zoom in: Scott, the executive director of the Black trans advocacy organization the Lavender Rights Project, is on track to win...

A federal judge in Seattle has ordered the Justice Department to cease insisting that Washington state set aside ballots of people suspected of being noncitizens and stop threatening election officials who defy demands from the federal government.

Washington's Initiative 001, a measure aimed at expanding what schools must tell parents about their children's counseling and medical care, continued to trail in election results Thursday. Why it matters: The measure would reverse changes Washington state lawmakers made last year to a "parents' bill of rights" the Legislature passed in 2024. The latest: I-001 was receiving 48% support as of Thursday evening, with 52% voting against it,...

A series of restrictive transgender ballot measures passed in multiple states on Tuesday, marking a political and cultural phenomenon amid the blue wave that crushed Republican hopes of retaining control of Congress. The propositions’ passage in Nebraska and Arizona, which will institute bans on biological males in female sports, came as Colorado and Washington state […]

Chairman Jim Walsh says Republicans held their ground in Washington state despite a Democratic wave nationwide

Initiative 638 was passing as of the afternoon of Nov. 4. Some races remain too close to call.

Early tallies are rolling in across Washington State. Jake Whittenberg has an update on four key races.

U.S. Rep. Michael Baumgartner maintained a narrow lead against Democratic challenger Carmela Conroy on Wednesday night, as more ballots were counted in Washington's 5th Congressional District race.

Follow KING 5 throughout the night for the latest results in Washington's midterm election.

In California, Xavier Becerra is expected to keep the governor post in Democratic hands, while centrist GOP Rep. David Valadao, who voted to impeach President Trump in 2021, fights to hang onto his seat in one of a number of competitive House races.