Washington state's 2025 elections saw progressives win across multiple cities and legislative districts, with people-powered campaigns and bold ideas beating out establishment moderates. Listen in to the Hacks & Wonks 2025 Post-Election Roundtable from Tuesday, November 11, 2025, as the strategists who saw it coming explain what pundits missed! Panelists: <ul> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> Stephen Paolini, Principal at Bottled Lightning Collective </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> Lexi Koren, Communications Consultant with PowerHouse Strategic </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> Crystal Fincher, Executive Director of KVRU and Hacks & Wonks Host </li> </ul> As always, a full text transcript of the show is available at <a href= "http://officialhacksandwonks.com">officialhacksandwonks.com</a>. You can follow Hacks & Wonks on Bluesky at <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/hacksandwonks.bsky.social">@HacksAndWonks</a>. Find the host, Crystal Fincher, on Bluesky at <a href= "https://bsky.app/profile/finchfrii.bsky.social">@finchfrii</a> and find today's special guests, Stephen Paolini at <a href= "https://bsky.app/profile/stephenpaolini.bsky.social">‪@stephenpaolini</a>, and Lexi Koren at <a href= "https://bsky.app/profile/lexikoren.bsky.social">@lexikoren</a>.

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Hacks & Wonks is a show hosted by political consultant Crystal Fincher, who talks with Policy Wonks and Political Hacks to gather insight into local politics and policy in Washington state through the lens of those doing the work, with behind-the-scenes perspectives on what's happening, why it's happening and what you can do about it.