The National Guard and State Patrol were ready to protect the Capitol, but protesters stayed home.

Our visual journalists reflect on the photos that resonated most in a difficult year

A month after the election, some continue to float false theories about dead people’s votes, hacked computer systems and fraud.

A federal appointment for Inslee would set off a cascade of political moves here in his home state.

The number of Black women in Washington’s Legislature will triple next year, and the state just elected a Black woman to Congress for the first time.

Washington state's chief legal officer says lots of lawyers are working hard to make sure Biden will be president in January.

Several races where Democrats led on election night have since flipped to the GOP, leaving the overall balance of power in Olympia unchanged.

An explanation of why you should not use polls to predict the future, plus other advice from an expert pollster.

The secretary of state’s latest victory will make her the only statewide GOP official on the West Coast, outside of Alaska.

After Trump’s win in 2016, national media said urban-liberal enclaves were out of touch. But there are rural-conservative bubbles, too.

Activists, politicians and academics argue the Electoral College is an antiquated system with racist roots.