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You’ve heard him for the past 14 years as a KVI voice on The Commute with Carlson and now Phil Vandervort takes over as the host of KVI’s Morning Ride. Join Phil and his producer, Zach Wildfang, every weekday morning from 6-9, to bring you the day’s first insight into the top local and political stories that impact your life, your town and your wallet so we can Make Washington Livable Again. The Morning Ride is fast-paced, filled with guest interviews from local leaders and politicians along with nationally respected voices like economist, Steve Moore, to give you unique insight that you won’t hear anywhere else. Phil Vandervort is a life-long Puget Sound resident. Born in Tacoma and living in Seattle since 1994, Phil has worked in Seattle talk radio since 1997 at Seattle’s biggest stations and with Seattle’s most well-known talk show hosts like John Carlson and the dearly departed, Dori Monson and John Clayton. Phil and his wife have been married for 26 years and have a 17-year-old son. Off the air, Phil’s interests include finding new bands and music, playing bass guitar, going to local concerts (has he told you about The Sheepdogs?), staying healthy with exercise that’s easy on the knees--especially snow skiing--and grilling meat.
(The Center Square) – There is likely to be a progressive shift to the Seattle City Council in 2026 after three council races look to be favoring progressive candidates after initial general election results on Tuesday night. The most notable outcome is incumbent Seattle Citywide Representative and City Council President Sara Nelson (42%) losing to challenger Dionne Foster (58%), who most recently served as the executive director of the Progress Alliance of Washington. Foster represents
(The Center Square) – Washington state Republicans’ hopes of picking up at least one Senate seat appeared to run into electoral reality on Tuesday night, based on initial Election Day returns. As of 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Republican Rep. Michelle Caldier was trailing incumbent Democratic Sen. Deb Krishnadasan by a margin of 52.6% to 47.26% in the race for the 26th Legislative District Senate seat. “It’s not looking great tonight,” Caldier said at a Gig
(The Center Square) – Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell leads challenger Katie Wilson by 7% of votes on election night, coming back from being bested in the August primary. Initial results from the general election show Harrell leading with 53.3% of votes compared to 46.2% for Wilson. The race is too close to call after the initial round of counted ballots. “We’ll be on the edge of our seats the next few days… We’re in this!
(The Center Square) – The race for the next King County executive is too close to call based on preliminary election results that show Girmay Zahilay leading Claudia Balducci, both of whom serve on the King County Council, by a slim margin of 50% to 48%. The race won’t be called anytime soon as votes will continue to be collected over the next few days. Whoever wins will replace Shannon Braddock, who was appointed to
