By Shelley Hughes, 2026 Candidate for Governor Seventeen names, one ballot, and a governor’s seat with no incumbent in the race. If you feel like you are watching a herd rather than an election, you are not wrong. That is the best way I know to describe what is happening in this primary and understanding it is the key to voting well on August 18.  […]

By Jack Thompson In 1867, Secretary of State William Seward paid Russia $7.2 million for a frozen, seemingly worthless expanse that the press of the day mocked as “Seward’s Folly.” A century and a half later, the punchline has become prophecy. The territory Washington once shrugged off now sits at the hinge point of a […]

On July 16, 2026, the White House released a trove of previously classified intelligence reports and investigative files related to election integrity. These documents expose vulnerabilities in America’s election systems, foreign efforts to gather voter data, voting registration of thousands of non-citizens, and improper handling of that information inside government agencies. According to the Trump […]