Washington State GOP Articles

Bellevue—WAGOP Chairman and State Representative (LD 19) Jim Walsh issued the following statement after being gaveled by Democrat Speaker of the House Laurie Jinkins on Friday evening, Jan. 24, during the final voice vote on the rules package, which includes harsh new restrictions on House Floor debates. The new restrictions aim to quash free speech and debate by the minority party. Statement from WAGOP Chairman and State Representative (LD 19) Jim Walsh: Olympia Democrats[...]

 Bellevue—Washington State Republican Party (WAGOP) Chairman Jim Walsh is delighted to announce that Mathew Patrick Thomas (MPT) will resume his role as Finance Committee Chair, beginning immediately. The WAGOP hasn’t had a Finance Committee or a Finance Committee Chair since MPT stepped down from the position several years ago to become Chair of the King County GOP. MPT served as Finance Committee Chair from 2014 to 2022. He served under WAGOP Chairs Susan Hutchison[...]

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[...]