Hacks & Wonks hosted a 2025 Post-Primary Roundtable on Tuesday, August 12, 2025 to dig into the 2025 primary results - what they mean, how they happened, and what's next - with the people who actually do the work of winning (and sometimes losing) campaigns in Seattle and King County. Listen to the roundtable as a podcast or watch the recorded livestream on YouTube!
By bringing together a panel of seasoned local political consultants who've been in the field, in the strategy rooms, and on the phones - not just pundits looking at numbers from a distance - they cut through the noise and spin to give insights not found in typical news coverage.
Panelists:
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Riall Johnson, Principal Partner at Prism West
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Stephen Paolini, Principal at Bottled Lightning Collective
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Lexi Koren, Communications Consultant with PowerHouse Strategic
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Crystal Fincher, Political Consultant with Fincher Consulting and Hacks & Wonks Host
As always, a full text transcript of the show is available below and at officialhacksandwonks.com.
You can follow Hacks & Wonks on Bluesky at @HacksAndWonks. Find the host, Crystal Fincher, on Bluesky at @finchfrii and find today's special guests, Riall Johnson at @rialljohnson, Stephen Paolini at @stephenpaolini, and Lexi Koren at @lexikoren.
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