Elections 2016

Weekend Politics to report-- from the 3  Yakima County Commission Districts where 159 delegates gathered at Davis High School Saturday representing the county’s GOP.  Attendees worked to develop the party platform and to determine delegates for the state meeting May 18th in Pasco. ...

Yakima police don’t have to endure the slings and arrows of that complicate the lives their big city urban brothers and sisters in blue so they don’t have to question the fallout every time they roll out on a call.  But Washington’s D...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — About 200 people turned out for a Saturday afternoon rally at the state Capitol to encourage super-delegates to vote for Bernie Sanders at the Democratic convention. Although Sanders won most of the vote during the March Democratic caucuses, most of the state's 17 super-delegates — elected officials and party leaders who aren't bound to vote based on the caucuses — say they w

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Republican Ted Cruz stormed to a commanding victory in Wisconsin Tuesday, denting front-runner Donald Trump's chances of capturing the GOP nomination before the party's convention. Democrat Bernie Sanders triumphed over Hillary Clinton but still faces a mathematically difficult path to the White House...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Donald Trump on Sunday called for John Kasich to drop out of the Republican presidential race, arguing that the Ohio governor shouldn't be allowed to continue accumulating delegates if he has no chance of becoming the nominee...

Kit’s buddy, blogger, businessman, consultant and consigliere Tim Bryce is back with another of his columns just in time to paint a picture of the opposing sides in this year’s presidential elections.  If you aren’t sure where you fit on the spectrum, check out a half dozen f his comparisons and then see the entire article at  www...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders scored a duo of wins in Western caucus contests Saturday, giving a powerful psychological boost to his supporters but doing little to move him closer to securing the Democratic nomination. While results in Washington and Alaska barely dented Hillary Clinton's significant delegate lead, Sanders' wins underscored her persistent vulnerabilities within her own party, p

Bernie Sanders keeps saying he's not running a traditional campaign, and Thursday night he did his best to prove it -- he became the first presidential candidate to visit Yakima in 17 years, drawing a diverse, loud and devoted crowd to the Yakima Valley SunDome just two days before Washington's March 26 Democratic caucuses...

Fresh off a raucous rally in Seattle on Sunday, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has added a campaign stop in Yakima this week. The Vermont senator will speak Thursday (March 24) at the Yakima Valley SunDome, according to his campaign's website...

SEATTLE (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders will visit Washington state on Sunday for three public rallies before the state's caucuses March 26. Sanders' campaign said in a news release Thursday the rallies will be held in Vancouver, Seattle and Spokane. ...