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As a new Arizona survey shows, voters want to take the partisanship out of how top state and local election officials are chosen. The system we use now erodes public trust.

While proposals from two commissioners to alter the new form of government approved by voters last year were premature, Portlanders should recognize that building a better government may take adjustments and revisions to the original ballot measure, the editorial board writes.

Democracies fail when the institutions of government fail to address the major issues of the day or public confidence deteriorates to the point that governing becomes ...

A new Washington law attempts to tamp down the so-called gray money that funnels from one political action committee to the next on its way to election-year advertisements.

On the heels of massive spending in Seattle's council races, Lorena Gonzalez is continuing to fight for a bill to curb that spending in future elections.

Given that political-action committees have shelled out millions on the 14 candidates still in the running for Seattle City Council, it's no wonder some voters are experiencing advertising overload.

Councilmember M. Lorena González is proposing legislation to protect our democracy from the corruption of big money and foreign influence.

Monday is the beginning of candidate filing week, which means current and would-be office holders are putting the final touches on their campaign plans.#collection:home-promos#collection:news-columnists#collection:news#collection:local-government#collection:washington-government

Washington’s high-profile governor’s race is changing the way campaign fundraising is reported and counted. That change is shining a spotlight on Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s campaign for governor after his

The group has been hiring Republican fundraisers, campaigners, and policy advisers as it works to advance a presidential ticket that many believe would pull votes from President Biden.

Portland City Council members will consider next week whether to place three separate measures on a November ballot. Each of the proposals, discussed Tuesday at a work session, would alter voter-approved changes to the city’s form of government.

State ethics watchdogs have launched a full investigation into former Secretary of State Shemia Fagan’s conduct while in office.

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New campaign finance filings show Senator Wyden and Rep. Hoyle have belatedly purged their campaign coffers of legally and/or politically suspect contributions

A group of business, philanthropic and political leaders have given up on the idea of trying to get Arizonans to adopt a system of ranked-choice voting.

As voting-rights advocates look to boost Indigenous representation, some say redrawn political maps dilute the power of Native American voters.

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Fagan, once a rising star in Oregon Democratic politics, has said she broke the public’s trust in taking the $10,000-a-month consulting contract.

The broad statements of principle, compiled in book form and scheduled for a rollout Monday in New Hampshire, claims to be a “blueprint for where America’s common sense majority wants the country to go.”

Professor Renée Irvin has developed a new method for evaluating fundraising groups

Anheuser-Busch gave $49,250 to the Jobs Political Action Committee in Oregon on Tuesday.

State ethics watchdogs will pause their investigation into Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission employees implicated in bourbon-hoarding.

Longtime political and education editor Betsy Hammond joins Therese Bottomly to talk about the recently completed legislative session.

With the noisy, bitterly partisan 2023 session of the Legislature lurching to a close on the last possible day under the Oregon constitution, state politics can turn its attention to

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