Hi my name is Sara Gnagey, and I have recently accepted the intern position at Progressive Majority Washington...

This legislative session is the first for four of Progressive Majority's 2008 candidates - Senator Kevin Ranker and Representatives John Driscoll, Jim Jacks and Tina Orwall - but our Olympia Fab Four have been acting like legislative veterans...

Progressive Majority is making a big push toward electing progressives in Central and Eastern Washington.  During the next few months, we are holding several political trainings east of the Cascades focused on running a successful political campaign and WINNING in Central and Eastern Washington...

Washington State Public Lands Commissioner Peter Goldmark's victory last year gave Progressive Majority their first statewide win in Washington State, and more importantly put a progressive in the highest environmental office in our state.

With a new sheriff in town at the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), citizens of Washington State can be assured that our public lands and resources are being properly managed...

Freshman State Senator Kevin Ranker has hit the ground running in Olympia.  Just a few weeks into his first legislative session, Sen. Ranker has introduced 6 bills, including SB 5560, which shrinks the carbon footprint of Washington State agencies through emissions reductions, improving fleet vehicle mileage, and more efficient energy consumption.

The Senate Democratic...

On Tuesday, January 20, Progressive Majority Farm Team Member Strom Peterson was appointed to the Edmonds City Council to fill a vacant position.

Receiving the appointment wasn't an easy task for Strom.  It took an Edmonds record of 37 votes and 7 nominations for Strom to get the four council votes needed to earn the appointment...

Helen's opponent was appointed to his commissioner seat, so as soon as the election results were certified, Helen was able to take office and became...

On Election Night, Pam Brokaw, the Progressive Majority-fielded candidate for Clark County Commissioner, led her opponent by 4,282 votes.  Now, Pam is down by 78 votes in a race where nearly 170,000 votes were cast.  There are approximately 3,500 ballots left to count - with a sizeable chunk that are early ballots from when Pam was leading and a fair amount of ballots with challenged or missing signatures...

In Snohomish County, we have a tough race on our hands.  Progressive Majority-fielded candidate, Rep. Liz Loomis, was appointed to her legislative seat in January and is on the General Election ballot for the first time in the 44^th District.  Liz’s opponent, Mike Hope, has been on the General Election ballot 3 times in the 44^th, and his name recognition was evident in Liz’s narrow 411...

Progressives often think of Washington State as solidly blue. While that is true in the legislature with large Democratic majorities in the State House (63-45) and Senate (32-17), county council offices are one area where Washington progressives are at a distinct disadvantage. Among current officeholders, Republicans outnumber Democrats 80-56 and conservatives control 24 of the 39 county commissions...

Today the Association of Washington Business (AWB) held a debate for the candidates for Commissioner of Public Lands. The incumbent Lands Commissioner, climate change skeptic and friend of the timber industry, Doug Sutherland, failed to show up...

My name is Emily Sager, and I am the newest intern of the Progressive Majority team here in Washington State...

Peter Goldmark, Progressive Majority fielded candidate for Washington State Commissioner of Public Lands, was on King 5 News Up Front with his opponent, incumbent Lands Commissioner and climate change skeptic, Doug Sutherland. 

You can view the segment online here.  

News out of Minneapolis -Leaders of GOPAC (the SPECTRE to Progressive Majority's MI6 for you James Bond fans out there) met with the Washington State delegates to the National Republican convention and declared that they see Washington State as fertile territory to grow their conservative farm team.

Seattle Port Commissioner, Gael Tarleton, a 2007 Progressive Majority recruit, was on KUOW's Weekday program this morning to highlight her efforts to reduce emissions at the Port.  You can listen to the program ...

Progressive Majority fielded candidate John Driscoll is in a virtual tie with long-time conservative incumbent, Rep. John Ahern, in the primary election - 49.914% to 50.086%...

Progressive Majority fielded candidate Kevin Ranker has just gone on the air with his first two television ads.  You can view Kevin’s new ads...

The South Whidbey Record recently published a letter to the editor from a supporter of incumbent Island County Commissioner, Phil Bakke (R), comparing Progressive Majority fielded candidate, Helen Price Johnson to Joseph Goebbels, Adolf Hitler's Minister of Propaganda...

This weekend, Progressive Majority hosted another great training for progressive candidates in Washington State. More than two dozen current and future city, county, and state legislative candidates...

On Saturday, June 7, Progressive Majority is hosting a day-long values training workshop where you can learn from progressive policy expert Bernie Horn on how to use the power of your progressive values to persuade voters, promote public policy, and frame your candidacy...

Yesterday, in a landmark decision, the California Supreme Court overturned their state’s Defense of Marriage Act.  California now joins Massachusetts as the only states where marriage between same-sex couples is legal.

How long will it take for Washington to join Massachusetts and California?  Unlike Massachusetts and California, Washington State’s Supreme Court narrowly upheld the “Defense of Marriage...

Here is your chance to support the Progressive Majority endorsed candidate for Island County Commissioner, Helen Price Johnson.  Helen's campaign is hosting a celebration event on Friday, April 25, 2008 5-7 pm at Mukilteo Coffee Company...

Join Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer on Monday, April 7^th from 5:00 to 7:00pm at the PACCAR Pavilion – Olympic Sculpture Park in Seattle to kickoff Progressive Majority endorsed Peter Goldmark’s campaign for Public Lands Commissioner....