Washington State GOP Articles
New Congressional District 3 Poll Shows Republicans Will Win
A rigorous poll of voters in Washington’s Third Congressional District (WA-03) commissioned by the Washington State Republican Party (WAGOP) finds that the current incumbent member of congress from the district loses to any of the best-known possible Republican challengers. The poll, conducted by Washington-based Voter Sciences LLC, asked a balanced cross-section of registered voters from the southwest WA district which candidate they would choose in a series of head-to-head election scenarios. Pitted against any[...]
WAGOP Chairman Jim Walsh Urges WA Counties to Reject Reckless “Sanctuary” Nonsense
Bellevue—"Washington’s “sanctuary state” policy is a motley combination of a single law and multiple executive orders and bureaucratic rules. The law—which was deceitfully called the “Keep Washington Working Act”—prohibits state and local law enforcement agencies from cooperating with federal agencies to enforce immigration law. The executive orders mandate that various state agencies treat illegal aliens in Washington as if they were citizens. And the state bureaucratic rules, in some cases, actually give illegal aliens[...]
WAGOP Expands Program for Supporting Conservative School Board Candidates
The Washington State Republican Party (WAGOP) is expanding its program for supporting conservative, results-oriented school board candidates from races in a few dozen districts two years ago to more than 60 districts in 2025.“Our school board program was a great success when we launched it in 2023,” says WAGOP Chairman Rep. Jim Walsh. “That year, we targeted 36 races and helped the winning candidates in 32 of those contests. That result surprised many people. This[...]
WAGOP Opposes More Regressive Taxes on Gas
Bellevue—With new tax increases on gas set to go into effect on Tuesday, July 1st, Washington State Republican Party (WAGOP) Chairman Jim Walsh is advocating for common-sense transportation projects instead of regressive taxes that financially burden working people. Currently, WA state ranks third in the nation for the highest gas prices. More taxes mean more pain at pump. STATEMENT from WAGOP Chairman Jim Walsh: “The Washington State Republican Party (WAGOP) opposes these new state sales[...]
WAGOP Supports DOJ’s Lawsuit Against WA State’s Unconstitutional Law
Bellevue—A staunch defender of the First Amendment, the Washington State Republican Party (WAGOP) fully supports the actions of the Department of Justice (DOJ) in its lawsuit against WA state over a new state law, Senate Bill 5375, that violates freedom of religion for all Catholics, while requiring Catholic priests to violate the confidentiality seal of Confession. “The court action by the DOJ is much bigger than the Catholic Church or any specific religion,” says[...]
WA Gov. Bob Ferguson Defends Lawlessness in CA
Bellevue—Over the weekend, Washington’s current governor signed his name to an eccentric and highly politically partisan “statement” that tries to criticize President Donald Trump’s lawful actions to activate and deploy National Guard units to restore civil order in California. President Trump is following federal law and longstanding tradition by properly ordering National Guard resources to respond to violent rioting and physical attacks on local law enforcement officers by anarchists, members of the ANTIFA organization[...]
WAGOP Joins Regional Movement to END Vote-By-Mail
Bellevue—The Washington State Republican Party (WAGOP), led by Chairman Jim Walsh, has officially joined the effort to reform elections in Washington state with Initiative Measure No. IL26-126, a citizen-led effort that would require Voter ID and Proof of Citizenship to vote. The #ENDVBM movement that started in Oregon is a regional effort advocating one day, in-person voting with voter identification, hand-counted ballots, clean databases, and designating election day as a national holiday. The aim is to[...]
Donor Bequeaths Generous Gift to WAGOP
Bellevue—The Washington State Republican Party (WAGOP) is pleased to announce that Peter Boonstra, a long-time Lynwood resident, US Army veteran, and Boeing engineer for 35 years, bequeathed a generous gift exceeding $500,000 to the Party, upon his passing. The gift from Boonstra, who immigrated to the United States from the Netherlands, is a sterling endorsement of WAGOP’s strategy to fix what’s broken in Washington State. The timing is especially notable, as the gift was established[...]