Jim McDermott

Update: According to unofficial election results from the Division of Elections, longtime Alaska Congressman Don Young will return to the D.C. for his 21st term – marking over 40 years in office. It was essentially no contest with Republican Don...

State office candidates rushed to file for this year’s primary elections Friday, producing several surprises before a 5 p.m. filing deadline. Fifty-nine of the state Legislature’s 60 seats -- all 40 House seats and 19 of 20 Senate seats...

A Democratic challenger to U.S. Rep. Don Young says he plans to file his candidate paperwork Wednesday with the Alaska state Division of Elections.     Matt Moore, a former legislative candidate with a medical consulting business, is among five people...

Snohomish County Councilman John Koster said Thursday he plans to call Democrat Suzan DelBene on Friday to concede the race for the congressional seat in the redrawn 1st District that runs from Redmond north to the Canadian border. As of 10:26 p.m....

Former Democratic Congressman Jay Inslee and state Attorney General Rob McKenna won the top two spots in Washington's gubernatorial primary election Tuesday and will face off in November in what is expected to be one of the closest races for governor in...

10th Anniversary "Will on the Hill" Benefit with Eleanor Holmes Norton (D -DC), West Wing actor Richard Schiff, Veanne Cox - Tony Award Nominee, Major Garrett - Congressional Correspondent for National Journal, Representative Donna Edwards (D-MD),...

Same-sex marriage was signed into law in Washington earlier this year, and will be on the ballot in November. Wednesday, local politicians reacted to President Barack Obama's announcement that he supports same-sex marriage. Here is a collection of their...

2012 Grammies on the Hill DC HS coverage of Grammies on the Hill with 5 time grammy winner Jimmy Jam, Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT), grammy nominated artist Paul Wall, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA), and NBC's Luke Russert. GRAMMYs on...

A Johns Hopkins bioethicist joined other government and health officials in calling on the U.S. Congress to do more to protect doctors in war zones such as Syria. In recent remarks to Congress, Leonard Rubenstein, a bioethicist at Johns Hopkins Berman...

Ask Marcia! Sun Sentinel career and workplace writer Marcia Heroux Pounds answers YOUR questions about surviving in the office, finding a job, unemployment benefits and more. To submit your question, e-mail mpounds@SunSentinel.com. Please include your...

Seattlepi.com is a partner of catchwmw.com and q13fox.com A California man accused of making threats against Seattle Congressman Jim McDermott was arrested Wednesday, the Justice Department reported. Read the criminal complaint against Charles Turner...

A California man faces a federal charge for threatening to kill Congressman Jim McDermott.  An FBI complaint accuses Charles Habermann of calling McDermott's Seattle office and leaving profanity-laced phone messages on the voicemail.   Habermann is...