For WA GOP, a tough primary delivers alarming results

By: Aspen Ford, Jerry Cornfield

Outlets: Washington State Standard

Published: August 10, 2026

Words: 1,195

Last Updated: 1 week, 1 day ago

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David Stuebe gets a lot of phone calls from constituents, more than usual these days as he campaigns for reelection to the Washington Legislature.

Ahead of this month’s primary, the first-term House Republican received a particularly jarring call. The person didn’t ask about his vote against a new state income tax on higher earners or his opposition to a gas tax increase that Democrats pushed through a year ago.

They wanted to know …

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