Decoding the 2025 Elections in Seattle and WA: An Insider's Analysis
The strategists who saw it coming explain what pundits missed
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Week in Review with Robert Cruickshank - Seattle Elects Progressive Mayor Katie Wilson
Wilson's Path to Victory, Scandal Erodes Harrell Support, Progressive Sweep Across Seattle, Tax the Rich: A Winning Message, Seattle's Progressive Pragmatism, Challenges Ahead, Wilson's Strengths, Looking Forward, School Board and State Legislature
Week in Review: October 10, 2025 - with Robert Cruickshank
Mariners, Seattle wastes homelessness money, SPOG undermining popular CARE team, Seattle School Board rejects cop at Garfield, use dropboxes to vote!
Week in Review: September 5, 2025 - with Melissa Santos
WA, OR, CA form vaccine alliance amid federal policy shifts. Investigation suggests fire officials coordinated immigration enforcement targeting firefighters. Sound Transit faces massive shortfall as regions clash over priorities. Seattle delays school phone policy. Waymo begins testing.
Seattle Moves Forward with Surveillance Expansion Despite Lack of Pilot Data, Raises Federal Access Concerns
Seattle City Council will vote Sept 9 to expand surveillance pilot before collecting evaluation data. Program adds cameras citywide despite limited evidence of success & concerns about federal access to data amid Trump admin immigration enforcement.
Week in Review: August 29, 2025 - with Robert Cruickshank
Spokane blocks warrantless ICE action, $15m Uber Eats settlement, UFCW 3000 backs Wilson, ethics investigation targets City social media activity, biker hit where safety upgrades were cancelled, school board updates, protests against Microsoft use by IDF
Hacks & Wonks 2025 Post-Primary Roundtable
During the Hacks & Wonks Post-Primary Roundtable, seasoned political strategists cover the recent 2025 primary results - what they mean, how they happened, and what's next - with the people who actually do the work of winning (and sometimes losing) campaigns in Seattle and King County.