Tagged: 2012 Elections

OLYMPIA, Wash. – It took seven years and hundreds of court filings. Now the legal fight over Washington’s top-two primary is over. The US Supreme Court Monday declined to hear an appeal brought by the state’s Democratic and Libertarian parties.

It’s an anticlimactic end to a protracted battle that pitted Washington’s Secretary of State -- and the will of voters -- against the state’s political parties.

PASCO, Wash. - Religion is one of the most defining characteristics of Latino culture. But pollsters say it plays virtually no role in how they vote. And for two Mexican-American siblings, faith shapes the lives but not their politics.

I learn a lot about Marielena Hernandez just by where she wants to meet for an interview.

Marielena is 21 years old and she greets me while holding her infant daughter Nicole at her childhood home, in Pasco, in Eastern Washington where her parents still live.

During the Republican National Convention last month, I traveled with Mitt Romney's campaign from Tampa, Fla., to the American Legion conference in Indianapolis.

Romney delivered a speech about foreign affairs and national security. Among the thousands of attendees from around the country, I interviewed one woman from Virginia whose quote sparked a conversation among NPR's audience and staff.