Washington State GOP Articles

Bellevue—Last night was a great night for the American people. We are righting our ship of state at the federal level. It was also great night in Bellevue, where 700-plus joyful people gathered with the Washington State Republican Party (WAGOP) and local talk-radio hosts to celebrate Donald J. Trump and J.D. Vance’s strong showing—in both the electoral college and the popular vote. Their win in the national popular vote was especially impressive. The WAGOP extends its[...]

Bellevue— Washington State Republican Party (WAGOP) Chairman Jim Walsh issued the following statement after the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ruled on Wednesday to allow the state of Virginia to reinstate a purge of its voter rolls of some 1,600 suspected non-citizens. “This US Supreme Court Decision is a win for election integrity everywhere in the United States including here in Washington state. The SCOTUS ruling clarifies that WA Secretary of State Steve Hobbs and[...]

Bellevue—The Washington State Republican Party (WAGOP) has just released a powerful new video exposing the extreme and dangerous agenda of Democrat Public Lands Commissioner candidate Dave Upthegrove and the radical activists who are advising him. Upthegrove’s reckless pandering and policies would devastate Washington’s working families, destroy vital jobs, and slash critical funding for schools, fire districts, and public safety services across the state. The video, available now, shines a spotlight on Upthegrove’s plan to close 77,000[...]

Bellevue—With violent crime out of control, WAGOP-endorsed candidate for Washington State Attorney General Pete Serrano is tackling the public safety crisis across our state with urgency. The contrast with the current attorney general Bob Ferguson, who has made it his mission to swell the size of his staff to file frivolous lawsuits at taxpayer expense, could not be more pronounced. “As a statewide candidate, I've consistently heard the people's desperate pleas for a safer Washington, so[...]

Bellevue—The Washington State Republic Party (WAGOP), Chairman Jim Walsh, and Franklin County Auditor Matt Beaton have jointly filed a lawsuit in federal court, pertaining to election integrity. The lawsuit alleges that WA Attorney General Bob Ferguson and WA Secretary of State Steve Hobbs colluded to rescind the State Constitution’s mandatory 30-day waiting period required before people in Washington state can legally register to vote. “This is an urgent election integrity issue that needs to[...]

Bellevue—Today’s state certification of the hand recount in the primary election for WA Commissioner of Public Lands leaves many questions unanswered. The hand recount, however, is useful as a starting point for auditing Washington state elections. Those concerned about election integrity should be encouraged by the questions it raises. Among the questions: Why were some counties able to recount their ballots by hand in a day or two, while others struggled to finish their hand recounts[...]

Bellevue—With only 51 votes separating the second- and third-place finishers in a bid for Washington's high-stakes commissioner of public lands, the race is headed to an old-fashioned hand recount. WAGOP-endorsed candidate Sue Kuehl Pederson, a scientist, and her political rival King County Council member Dave Upthegrove, a Democrat, are tied in a statistical dead heat. Both received 20.82 percent of the vote with 396,249 and 396,300 votes, respectively. Republican Jaime Herrera Beutler, a former Congresswoman and legislator, leads in first[...]

Bellevue—One-party Democrat rule, over many years, has led to a diminished quality of life, with widespread homelessness, rampant drug abuse, a surge in violent crime, and a failed public education system throughout Washington state. In Seattle and throughout King County, the societal decline and human degradation is even more pronounced. All the while elected officials appear oblivious. Recently, tone-deaf Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell touted all-gender bathrooms, while Seattle’s retail core is on life support amid[...]