Sound Politics: A red-hot rematch is shaping up in purple southwest Washington
Seattle Now
KUOW News and Information
4.7 • 670 Ratings
🗓️ 2 August 2024
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Southwest Washington is home to one of the most consequential races of the 2024 election cycle - the outcome could change who’s in control of the U.S. House of Representatives come January 2025.Sound Politics co-hosts Libby Denkmann and Scott Greenstone break down the top three candidates for Washington's 3rd congressional district.
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| 0:00.0 | These days, there's so much news. It can be hard to keep up with what it all means for you, |
| 0:04.7 | your family, and your community. The Consider This podcast from NPR features our award-winning |
| 0:09.8 | journalism. Six days a week, we bring you a deep dive on a news story and provide the context |
| 0:14.8 | and analysis that helps you make sense of the news. We get behind the headlines. We get to the |
| 0:20.0 | truth. Listen to the Consider this podcast from NPR. |
| 0:24.5 | Hey, it's Scott Greenstone, KOWW's politics reporter. I know I'm not the host of this podcast, |
| 0:29.8 | just a fan, but I was on Seattle now a couple weeks ago, and I wanted to come back and tell you |
| 0:34.5 | about a new podcast I am co-hosting with Libby Denkman. |
| 0:38.5 | It's called Sound Politics. |
| 0:40.7 | We're trying to help you make sense of the PNW, the governments, the parties, the problems, |
| 0:46.1 | and maybe the fixes and how you can vote your values in between all of it. |
| 0:51.5 | Our first episode launched last week. |
| 0:53.6 | That one's about the governor's race, |
| 0:55.0 | so if you haven't finished off your ballot yet, go back and listen to that one for sure. |
| 0:59.3 | But today's episode is about a really important race right here in this state that could help |
| 1:04.2 | decide who controls Congress in November. It's also about divisions in both parties and how, |
| 1:10.6 | even when one party is in the majority in this state |
| 1:12.9 | or part of the state, |
| 1:14.2 | the other party can win in this weird, fractured time |
| 1:17.6 | we find ourselves in in politics. |
| 1:20.1 | So since Seattle Now is taking a break |
| 1:22.0 | from morning episodes this week, |
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