Washington State GOP Articles

Bellevue—Seattle and King County are subverting the will of voters and the initiative process by suing over the natural gas initiative (I-2066), signed by more than 550,000 Washingtonians, according to Let’s Go Washington. Fifty-two percent of voters approved of the measure last month. Actions meant to undermine the will of voters is precisely why the WAGOP (Washington State Republican Party) launched its Project to Resist Tyranny in Washington, recently. “This project is designed to prevent elected officials with[...]

Bellevue—United States President Joe Biden has issued a broad presidential pardon to his adult son, Hunter Biden, which covers various legal problems, crimes, and potential crimes. The Washington State Republican Party (WAGOP) has received a plethora of questions about the Biden pardon. Many people are asking whether it is legal or ethical, others are asking about the timing of the pardon. First, the pardon is legal. The ability to pardon criminals and criminal suspects[...]

Bellevue—Washington did NOT “turn bluer” in this month’s general election, despite faulty reports from the mainstream media. In fact, by standard political metrics, Evergreen State voters turned slightly more toward Republican candidates in 2024. This continues an incremental move toward the political middle that’s been in place for several years. In the early hours after the November 5th election, many mainstream media outlets promoted the hasty—and false—narrative that Washington had bucked the national trend[...]

Bellevue—Washington State Republican Party (WAGOP) Chairman Jim Walsh has unveiled the State Party's "Project to Resist Tyranny in Washington." This project is designed to prevent elected officials with authoritarian impulses from ruining the lives of people living in Washington. It is also designed to protect free people from retaliation by state government agencies because of those people’s political beliefs or voting records. “Not an insignificant number of Washingtonians voted for Donald Trump, right? Some[...]

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[...]