Ballots for the Nov. 5 election will be arriving in your mailbox soon. Here's what you need to know if you're voting in Washington state. Why it matters: Washington this fall will choose its first new governor and attorney general in 12 years.

On Oct. 9, the Washington County Board will vote on spending $3,000 to help its municipalities provide surveillance for its election drop boxes.

Bayardi, Bill Adams, Karen Konetzni and Lindsey Peterson hope to accomplish if elected to the Washington Elementary board.

Election Day is Nov. 5. In every Pennsylvania county, voters will have the opportunity to weigh in on statewide races for president, U.S. Senate, attorney general, auditor general and treasurer. Washington County will also vote on a congressional race and six state House races.

The largest difference between our averages and others is that we only include the highest quality state and national polls.

How to best prevent wildfires and how much forest area should be protected from logging have become flashpoints in the race for Washington state's commissioner of public lands. Why it matters: The lands commissioner manages nearly 6 million acres and leads the state's wildland firefighting agency — a role that has come under more scrutiny in recent years as wildfires have increasingly blanketed the state in smoke.

Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks and former Republican Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan faced off in a debate on Thursday night ahead of the Senate election in Maryland .

As Kiplinger previously reported, the Washington capital gains tax imposes a 7% levy on profits exceeding $250,000 from the sale of assets, including stocks and bonds. In its first year, the tax generated approximately $786 million in revenue, with collections reaching over $400 million by mid-May 2024.

While most states have a winner-take-all system for electoral votes, some use different and sometimes unique systems to choose elected officials.

Let’s Go Washington, the political action committee behind this year’s slate of voter initiatives, was fined $20,000 with less than a month before Election Day.

The Univision event in Las Vegas featured emotional questions from voters on health care, the economy and the border — and displayed the fine lines Kamala Harris is trying to walk.

In their only faceoff in the solidly blue state, Hogan sought distance from Trump and the national GOP, while Alsobrooks touted her support for "the Democratic agenda."