The official podcast of the Cascade PBS Ideas Festival, featuring conversations with the journalists, politicians, leaders, academics and thinkers who shape our world. Hosted by Paris Jackson
Episodes
Thursday Nov 19, 2020
Thursday Nov 19, 2020
Reporter Melissa Santos discusses the politics and path for the GOP's great West Coast hope. When Kim Wyman won re-election as Washington state's secretary of state earlier this month, she outperformed her party's gubernatorial and presidential candidates by double digits and became the GOP's only statewide elected official on the West Coast of the lower 48. Some in the party see her appeal to split-ticket voters as the path to statewide relevance, perhaps as a candidate for governor. Yet, the rightward swing of the base during the Trump era complicates the equation. This week on the Crosscut Talks podcast we speak with Santos about Wyman, how she is able to keep her office in such a deep blue state, and the tough choices ahead for the Republican party.
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Links
How Republican Kim Wyman keeps winning in blue Washington state (Nov. 11, 2020)
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Credits
Host: Mark Baumgarten
Producer: Jake Newman
Engineer: Resti Bagcal