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The 2024 United States presidential election in Washington took place on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, as part of the 2024 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Washington voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote.
On December 11, 2024, a law suit was filed by the city of Seattle and King County along with a coalition of environmental groups. [21] [22] A week earlier on December 6, 2024, the Buildings Industry Association of Washington, the primary sponsor of the initiative, sued the state to compel it to begin bringing state laws into compliance with I ...
Washington state elections in 2024 were held on November 5, 2024. Primary elections were held on August 6, 2024. [1] This was the first time since 1965 that Republicans have not held at least one executive office going into the election.
Aurora borealis seen over Lake Union and Queen Anne Hill, Seattle, during May 2024 solar storms in the early morning of May 11 May 10–11: A level 5 geomagnetic storm during the May 2024 solar storms , "the strongest geomagnetic storm in over two decades" according to NASA, [ 7 ] produces aurora borealis visible as far south as Florida and ...
In the 1892 presidential election, the first since Washington became a state, President Benjamin Harrison received 41.45% of the popular vote and obtained Washington's four electoral votes in his unsuccessful re-election campaign. [7] From 1892 to 2024, the state has voted for 15 Republican or third-party presidential candidates and 19 ...
The revised tax proposal, which reduced the tax rate from 9% to 7%, passed the Senate on March 6 after what the Seattle Times described as a "fierce debate" by a vote of 25-24. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] The legislation was given a first reading in the House on March 9, passing out of the Finance committee on April 16 and passing the state legislature on ...
The elections coincided with the 2024 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate, and various state and local elections. The primary elections took place on August 6, 2024.
I-2124 was certified by the Secretary of State on January 23, 2024, and introduced to the state legislature on January 29, 2024. [10] [11] In February of 2024, Democratic legislative leaders ruled out any movement on I-2124 in the legislature itself, putting the initiative on track for consideration by the public during the 2024 general election.