The Senate Majority Leader Just Got Snubbed by His Own Party?
The King County Democrats released their 2026 endorsement list this week, and the name missing tells the bigger story. Jamie Pedersen — Senate Majority Leader, lead architect of Washington's first income tax in state history, and a 20-year fixture in the 43rd District — was passed over for a 30-year-old labor organizer named Hannah Sabio-Howell.
Charlie Harger breaks it down in today's commentary.
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