The Washington Bus

"You have 5 minutes..."

The election is coming up and with debates popping up left and right the focus has been on comparing candidate views on the most hot-button issues. That's all fun and well, but what we really want to hear is what these candidates are unashamedly passionate about—is it trains, taxes, or maybe even the tabloids?

Whatever it is, they have 5 unfiltered minutes to talk about the thing that they really want voters to discuss. Plus, they might even have wacky presentation slides to go with their talk!

Join us for a civically enraging night of live presentations and hot takes w/ candidates running for office in King County! Hop over to Third Place Teas at 6pm on October 24th, and get ready sip some tea and hear the tea from people who want your vote!

❤️ SUPPORT YOUTH ORGANIZING, WATCH HOCKEY! ❤️

The Seattle Kraken are excited to offer The Washington Bus Education Fund community specially priced tickets for upcoming heritage game nights!

Every ticket bought supports our organization’s efforts to turn out voters and register young people to vote! Plus, Kraken games are incredibly fun. Join us!

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CALLING ALL YOUTH!!!

Are you concerned about climate change and how it is impacting your community? Are you 15-25 years old? Washington workers and families know the impacts of the climate crisis all too well: out-of-control wildfires, devastating floods, unrelenting heatwaves. We are all impacted by climate change.

The Washington Bus Education Fund and 350 Seattle invites you to the, “Make Polluters Pay Youth Climate Listening Session”! We’re hosting this listening session to hear the lived experiences of youth in our communities, to collaborate on a law that requires the largest fossil fuel companies pay their fair share for the climate damages they’ve caused across our state, and discuss how we build climate resiliency throughout our communities.

Make Polluters Pay is a national campaign working to build durable movement infrastructure that can continue to fight the fossil fuel industry and lead in the transition to clean energy—at both the local and state levels. We all deserve to live in a clean, healthy and safe environment. To learn more about the campaign visit: https://www.makepolluterspaywa.org/

Join us Thursday, August 27th, 2026 from 4pm-6pm at The Washington Bus Office: 1801 12th Ave Ste A, Seattle, WA 98122.

Are you interested in joining?

RSVP Here: https://secure.ngpvan.com/0K_zMFuV90S1OgjPf3oYJg2

🚌 Back to school means back to campus organizing! 🗳️✨
Class is coming back in session, and young Washingtonians are ready to organize, register their peers to vote, and build real political power.

While funding for youth civic work is tight across the board, we know that resourced students transform our democracy. Help us fund student leadership, organizer stipends, and outreach statewide:

👉 Donate to our Back to School Fundraiser by 8/16: https://givebutter.com/c/busback2school

Are you feeling frustrated with how out of state millionaire's are influencing our local politics? Come stop by at Cal Anderson Park to play games, win prizes and learn more about the initiatives on your upcoming ballot.

Date: July 29th
When: 4:00pm-5:30pm
Where: Cal Anderson Park (find us by the field near St. Rat Memorial)

The WA Bus Ed Fund is holding our election night voter engagement bash—dubbed "Party at the Ballot Box"—where we post up at the Seattle Central College ballot box and play vibrant music, pass out candy and stickers to voters, and celebrate voters as they come in to turn in their ballots!

We're looking for youth and community to turn up on election night and celebrate democracy with your peers—interested in showing up and supporting? Come throw down with us!

Volunteer to be part of our motley crew at https://bit.ly/PATBOX26

VOTE PRO-YOUTH!

The Washington Bus has endorsed in several key races this primary. These candidates have inspired and galvanized young leaders in our organization, and we're proud to back them.

Make sure to get your votes in by August 4th, and if you can--vote by Ballot Dropbox!

To learn more about our endorsement process, visit washingtonbus.org/endorsements

CANDIDATE SURVIVOR WEST IS NOW ALL AGES!

Alright players, we heard you out. We talked with the refs, and we're making a rule change. This year, for the first time in a good while, Candidate Survivor Seattle will be all ages! Tickets are still free, RSVP today to ensure your spot at CS WEST!

Comment "HEATED" to RSVP for Candidate Survivor Seattle!

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HUDDLE UP PLAYERS—ALL BETS ARE OFF FOR THE 2026 ELECTIONS! With Special City and County elections coinciding with the State Legislature’s, the court is packed and every candidate is looking to be the ace on your ballot.

Grab your balls, straighten your jockstrap, see who’s ready to run—for office! Join the Washington Bus Education Fund, CHUM News and Converge Media for Candidate Survivor Seattle, the most HEATED candidate forum in the city. Hop on an all ages, sporty, sweaty, extracurricular adventure into the raunchy arena of local politics, hosted by local drag queen icon, Harper Bizarre.

It's down to the wire. Your votes—and your voice—decides who scores big…and who strikes out.

Together, let's build a Washington where we can all play ball.

For the last few months, we’ve been cooking up something hot…a candidate forum for those who like their local politics with a bit of spice.

With the primaries nearing and election season in full swing, we are so excited to invite you to join worker-owned news outlet RANGE Media and Washington’s premier youth-led civic engagement organization The Washington Bus Education Fund onstage for a candidate forum unlike any other; think Hot Ones meets Survivor meets local issues.

On Thursday, July 30 from 6 to 9 pm, we’ll be hosting Candidate Survivor: Spokane’s Spiciest Candidate Forum at the Overbluff Cellars in the Washington Cracker Building, and we would be honored to have you join us to watch as we put candidates running for Congressional District 5, State Legislative District 3 and State Legislative District 6 through the ringer.

The evening will begin at 6pm with candidates from the 6th Legislative district, followed by candidates from the 3rd Legislative district at 7 pm, and finally, candidates running for the 5th Congressional District at 8 pm. They’ll join our reporter onstage and go head-to-head with their district opponent, eating spicier food and answering spicier questions about their campaigns and their big plans for our region.

🔥Get your tickets today: https://bit.ly/SpicyCS26

Questions? Shoot us an email at [email protected]! We look forward to getting spicy with you.

Tatiana Brown is the Co-Chair of Washington State’s Environmental Justice Council and a Collaborative Governance Specialist. Brown is a consummate political analyst with clear environmental bonafides. As a young organizer, policy expert, and experienced implementor of policy and regulations, she is our pick to shift the 37th to the progressive left.

Brown is running against an AI Incumbent/Data Center Democrat who has taken thousands in corporate PAC donations. She has taken zero dollars from corporate PACs, and is running a grassroots campaign for an open senate seat. Brown is an insurgent candidate who understands that building power goes beyond just voting good policy. Let’s not settle for what is familiar—let’s dare to choose better. Vote Brown.