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Population trends and shifting legislative districts
Two ways to locate the "center" of the state, and some of the legislative districts that will have to expand or lose girth.
Dick Morrill
Dick Morrill is emeritus professor of geography at the University of Washington and an expert in urban demography.
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Might the new 10th Congressional district go to King County?
If you assume that incumbent protection is the first priority, then northeastern King County becomes a logical place for the new district.
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Politically, we are three worlds
A close look at the recent local election finds a strongly Democratic urban core, a moderate and independent suburban ring, and a Republican exurbia. Obama took some non-Democratic territory, but with weak coattails, and Rob McKenna captured some Democratic defectors.
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2008: Year of Hope, Year of Fear. Essay 13
Why the odds are long for an economic and social turnaround