Voting has ended, however votes forged on or earlier than Election Day are nonetheless being counted. We’re posting stay updates on the outcomes and associated information in Washington and throughout the U.S.
Updates from yesterday might be discovered right here, and you may see how Election Day unfolded right here.
What to know in Washington:
What to know throughout the U.S.:
Dwell Updates:
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Joe Biden is one swing state away from changing into president as counting continues at the moment, and he is already obtained probably the most votes in historical past. This is the standing of the states nonetheless in play. President Donald Trump is mounting authorized challenges in 4 states, however his highway to the Supreme Court docket will not be as quick as he’d like. If Biden comes out of all of this on prime, his targets will seemingly hit large political gridlock. In the meantime, a jittery and bitterly divided America is bracing for rocky days to come back.
A rally drew lots of of individuals to Occidental Park final evening. It was one in every of a number of Seattle demonstrations the place voters expressed stress concerning the presidential contest blended with requires change far past a win by Joe Biden. Protests are sweeping by means of U.S. cities, with Biden backers centered on “not permitting Donald Trump to steal this election” and Trump supporters converging on vote facilities in key states.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Loren Culp has misplaced his police job along with shedding Washington’s gubernatorial election. The Republic Metropolis Council defunded its one-person police division, he bitterly revealed yesterday.
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee mentioned Wednesday the election outcomes give him a mandate to proceed with a public-health-based strategy to tamping down the COVID-19 outbreak. Inslee mentioned he would make extra remarks Thursday on the pandemic.
Democrat Marilyn Strickland has received the U.S. Home seat in Washington’s tenth District. This is the most recent on the state’s different congressional races. Within the Senate, Democrats face more and more lengthy odds as management of that chamber hangs within the steadiness.
Secretary of State Kim Wyman is ready to win her third time period, however Washington’s solely different statewide elected Republican has not fared as effectively in the most recent returns.
After voters in Oregon handed a landmark measure making it the primary state to decriminalize possession of small quantities of medication together with heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine, Washington may very well be subsequent.
Rhode Island voters have modified the state’s title.
—Seattle Occasions workers
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