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Last year’s election in Northwest Washington saw races for many city and county offices create a large list of reader-submitted, specific policy questions for candidates. This 2024 election lineup is markedly different; in a presidential election year, the most hotly contested local elections are for state offices, including governor, secretary of state, and many local legislative seats. Both Washington Sen. Maria Cantwell and U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen also are drawing challengers in the current election cycle.
To focus topics for these circumstances, we’ve placed readers’ questions into two groups: questions for candidates for federal and state offices (overlap is evident on some issues) and regional questions for candidates for state legislative and other local offices. To participate in our Citizens Agenda project, we ask that you pick the top-five more important in each group.
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Votes are due Monday, Aug. 5. We will publish the results online and in print on Aug. 9. We will then submit reader-selected questions to candidates being considered for CDN endorsements, and publish their responses, in CDN’s Voter Guide on Oct. 18 — well in advance of the Nov. 5 general election.
Note: The questions chosen by readers also will inform our reporters who will use them as one measure of public sentiment while working on news stories leading up to the November election.
—Ron Judd, executive editor
If you’re willing to be interviewed by a CDN reporter about your election questions, let us know by emailing newstips@cascadiadaily.com, or call/text 360-922-3092. Thanks for participating in Citizens Agenda!
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