Sen. Patty Murray

SPOKANE (AP) — Sen. Patty Murray is vying for a fifth term in the U.S. Senate, and if the Democrat wins she would be one of the longest-serving senators in Washington history. Murray faces Republican Chris Vance, who is seeking to become the first Republican elected to the Senate from the state since 1994...

REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — Republican Chris Vance continued his criticism that Sen. Patty Murray is too much of an entrenched partisan to solve congressional deadlock as the two met in their second debate. The Seattle Times reports that Vance said Sunday evening the Democrat supports Hillary Clinton, her party's presidential nominee, and that he's "yet to hear her criticize Democrats for anything.

SEATTLE (AP) — Republican Chris Vance blamed Sen. Patty Murray for congressional gridlock, saying in a debate that the Democrat is "part of the problem" and that the nation's Capitol "is broken." Murray, seeking her fifth term, touted her bipartisan work with GOP House Speaker Paul Ryan on solving a 2013 budget impasse and spoke of her efforts to raise the minimum wage and work

SEATTLE (AP) — A U.S. Senate committee report finds that at least 250 people were sickened with life-threatening "superbug" infections linked to contaminated medical scopes in the past three years. Last year, the Food and Drug Administration reported that the medical devices from Olympus Corp. and...

SEATTLE (AP) — President Obama is expected today to sign a new U.S. education law co-written by U.S. Sen. Patty Murray. Murray says the law will benefit her home state by lifting the punishment the federal government has held over Washington's public schools for the past year...