Talk Show Host and Columnist at Seattle Red AM 770

Jason Rantz

Jason Rantz

About: Jason Rantz is the host of The Jason Rantz Show on Seattle Red AM 770 in Seattle, where he tackles the Pacific Northwest’s biggest news and cultural issues with unapologetic, conservative commentary. As a prominent radio host, columnist, and frequent television guest, Rantz has earned a reputation as Seattle’s leading voice for common sense in a region too often dominated by progressive groupthink. He is also the author of an Amazon best-selling book, What’s Killing America: Inside the Radical Left’s Tragic Destruction of Our Cities (Center Street Books).

Jason’s no-nonsense, witty, and biting approach to news analysis cuts through political spin and media bias. He is best known for his incisive takes on Seattle politics, crime, homelessness, public safety, education, and the consequences of radical policies affecting everyday families.

Rantz is a frequent Fox News voice, regularly appearing on national platforms like The Ingraham Angle, Fox & Friends, Fox News at Night, Evening Edit, and Varney and Co. His commentaries are featured in outlets including The Daily Wire, Newsweek, Daily Mail, Fox News, and National Review. His investigative reporting has been cited by both national and local news outlets.

With nearly 30 years in broadcast journalism, Rantz’s work has been recognized for spotlighting issues that matter to Washington state and beyond. He is passionate about defending free speech, individual liberty, and public accountability.

Expertise: Crime, policing, immigration, education, domestic politics, Israel, economy, homelessness, drugs, and cultural issues.

Education: B.A. in Politics, Occidental College (2004)

Achievements & Awards: The Society of Professional Journalists Western Washington, first place: Excellence in Journalism (2011)

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Seattle’s soda tax scam already a huge failure

It only took three months to reveal Seattle’s soda tax as a monumental failure, Jason Rantz writes.
8 years ago

Activist writer pushes bigotry in disturbing editorial

The Left proudly proclaims the importance of diversity, while too many of them embrace the notion that we should surround conservatives with mobs, harassing them into submission.
8 years ago

Seattle Council struggled to decipher their own homeless spending

A number of Seattle council members struggled to figure out just how much they were spending to help tackle homelessness, emails reveal.
8 years ago

Yes, you should be scared of Seattle crime

It seems naive to say “folks in Seattle think that crime is a lot worse than it is.” We just know the crime isn’t always reported and aggressive, growling people on streets corners have a menacing effect on neighborhood safety.
8 years ago

Frustrations grow as ‘heroic’ Seattle officer cleared in ax-man case

Officer Nick Guzley will not face disciplinary action after subduing an ax-wielding man in Seattle, despite the recommendation from the Office of Professional Accountability that the officer be punished for failure to de-escalate.
8 years ago

‘Mass exodus’ of Seattle officers over disgust with city leadership

The Seattle Police Department is experiencing a “mass exodus” of officers due to a lack of support from the city.
8 years ago

Councilmember condones ‘extermination’ threats, while blasting opponents

KTTH's Jason Rantz says Burien City Councilmember Krystal Marx doesn’t practice what she preaches.
8 years ago

Seattle just made it easier to ticket you

It was an idea, city officials claimed, that would make it easier for you to pay for parking.
8 years ago

Rantz: Progressives try to silence homeless attack stories

A number of Progressive voices do not want me to report on stories where homeless individuals commit acts of assault or vandalism.
8 years ago

Seattle council member to fight crime with Ping-Pong balls

Seattle City Councilmember Sally Bagshaw says that she’d like to bring a host of amenities to the area around the King County Courthouse as an “inclusive” way to make the area safer.
8 years ago

Mayor Durkan slammed for ‘Slave Shacks,’ ‘slums’ by liberal activist

As Mayor Jenny Durkan pushes her plan to bring tiny home villages to Seattle, one activist is speaking up, claiming they’re more akin to “slave shacks” than proper homes to house our most vulnerable.
8 years ago

Rantz: Secret poll suggests Seattle City Council is as hated as Trump

A poll was performed amid the Seattle head tax deliberations gauging public perceptions of the city council and some of their policies. The results aren't too favorable of the Seattle City Council.
8 years ago

Ambulance chaser Bob Ferguson is fishing for clients to sue Trump

Much like an ambulance chaser looking for clients to exploit, Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson is basically looking for clients to sue President Trump.
8 years ago

Intoxicated, armed ‘homeless’ man allegedly attacks family in Seattle

Police report there’s been another assault from a man, believed to be homeless, against innocent passers-by, this time a father and his daughter walking to the Cinerama in Belltown on Father’s Day.
8 years ago

In stinging defeat, UW pays nearly $130K to College Republicans

After College Republicans at the University of Washington sued the school for expensive security fees for events, the college will now pay much more to settle the matter, and change its policy.
8 years ago

Progressive activists ruined Father’s Day

Sorry dads, but if you weren’t willing to take on Progressive immigration policies or address your so-called toxic masculinity, you weren’t allowed to enjoy Father’s Day.
8 years ago

Police: Homeless man attacks Seattle tourist with rope

A homeless man who lives in a Seattle tent attacked and attempted to strangle a tourist visiting the Space Needle with his family.
8 years ago

Seattle City Council ‘martyrs’ live in alternate universe

Watching the head tax repeal meeting, one question kept popping in my mind when hearing the council members speak: what alternate universe do these people live in?
8 years ago

Two dead in Auburn after car crashes into tree

Two people died after their vehicle crashed into a tree and caught fire in Auburn Wednesday morning.
8 years ago

Rantz: In head tax vote, Kshama Sawant is a disgrace to democracy

Seattle Councilmember Kshama Sawant showed her disrespect for democracy during the head tax vote, and how she is more like the dictators she argues that she wants to protect us from.
8 years ago

Rantz: Seattle spent thousands on ‘fake’ head tax survey they ignored

Seattle council members paid to have a head tax survey conducted to gauge interest in their proposals before passing the tax in May. They didn't pay much attention to the results.
8 years ago

Seattle head tax referendum huge rebuke of out-of-control council

Over the weekend, the grassroots No Seattle Head Tax group announced they exceeded the nearly 17,000 signatures needed to land a referendum on the November ballot to repeal the city's head tax.
8 years ago

Time to treat protesters like the brats they are

Seattle saw yet another childish display of ideological arrogance as a small group of protesters blocked traffic.
8 years ago

Rantz: Seattle’s homeless ‘tent mansion’ grows, adds a keg

The infamous "Tent Mansion" remains firmly established near Seattle Center. It's so comfortable, it even has its own keg for its homeless residents.
8 years ago