Bellevue—Common-sense conservative candidates, supported and highlighted by the WAGOP, achieved big wins in school board elections recently, as did conservative city council candidates across the state. In Federal Way, WAGOP Supported candidate Joan Marie Murphy, a former special education teacher, defeated teacher-librarian Gavin Downing for a position on the school board, by more than ten [...]
Bellevue–With homelessness metastasizing across our state, WAGOP Chairman Jim Walsh recently unveiled Republicans’ plan to reduce homelessness, a crisis that has spread far beyond Seattle, Burien, even Spokane. More homelessness brings more crime and more lawlessness to our neighborhoods and public spaces. “There is a lot of frustration with the homeless issue and a [...]
Bellevue—Common-sense conservatives, supported and highlighted by the WAGOP, won big in last week’s elections, with Mead and Puyallup school boards securing conservative majorities. The Mead School Board, which serves north Spokane County, now holds a four-person conservative majority on its five-person board. “We were attacked as bringing partisanship into the race, but really it’s [...]
Bellevue—The preliminary results from this general election are in. And the success rate of the WAGOP spotlighted and supported school board campaigns is outstanding. Several months ago, the WAGOP identified 36 school board races from school districts all around the state to spotlight and support in this year’s general election. State parties don’t often get [...]
From Spokane to Seattle, not a day goes by without hearing about another violent crime or incident. And with so few police officers to protect our neighborhoods, our quality of life is being diminished at every turn. Recently: The Emerald City, once lovely and livable, logged its 67th homicide. In the Normandy Park neighborhood, southwest [...]
Bellevue—On Monday, October 23, 2023, a law firm representing the WAGOP delivered litigation hold notices to the King County Elections department, the King County Prosecutor’s office and other public agencies involved in election administration in Washington. The litigation hold notices apply to correspondence and other materials related to specific activities of King County Elections during [...]
Bellevue--This week, WAGOP Chairman Jim Walsh unveiled Republicans’ plan to fight crime in Washington. “The citizens of Washington state should always feel safe in their homes, their communities, and at work,” said Chairman Walsh. “Olympia and D.C. have failed the people of Washington on public safety.” The WAGOP principles to fighting crime in Washington State: [...]
Bellevue - With Israel declaring war on Hamas, after the Islamist terrorist group killed more than 700 Israelis in a surprise attack on Saturday, protests are continuing worldwide, even locally. In Kirkland, Washington, violent clashes broke out Sunday afternoon between pro-Hamas and pro-Israel demonstrators. In the wake of that violence, WAGOP Chairman Jim Walsh released [...]
Bellevue - Fall is here and school kids all around Washington are back in their classrooms. Families are getting back into their school-year routines. But WA schools still face some big challenges. Enrollment numbers remain down in most parts of the state. Half of Washington’s public-school students are unable to read and write at grade [...]
Bellevue – Fundamental to WAGOP’s Project to Save Basic Education is the core belief that, while the state is duty-bound to fund basic education, families and local communities are best positioned to make the practical decisions about delivering that education to WA children. According to the WA Constitution, the state’s “paramount duty” is to fund [...]
