Let's talk real quick about that Walmart closures in Portland announcement -> national story -> TX Gov Abbott/Mayor Wheeler discourse.

I feel like it's a great example of framing within the news cycle - both how it works and how it can mislead the public.

A quick thread: First, what happened.

About 2 weeks ago, Walmart announced the closure of two Portland stores

Our story's headline was local-focused: "Walmart to close Delta Park, Eastport stores"

Before changing to the people affected: "580 Walmart workers impacted.."
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Here we go. Tonight’s results for #WA03 between Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D) and Joe Kent (R) are rolling in.

Cowlitz County and Lewis County both just added about 6k votes each

MGP’s lead has dropped from about 10k votes, to less than 7k votes

Waiting on 20k from Clark County Both Cowlitz County and Lewis County favored Kent, so it’s no surprise he made up significant ground there.

However, that should be the last major vote drop from Lewis County.

Cowlitz (which is more competitive) has roughly 6k left to go. Clark County will decide it. #WA03

Hello all! We’re expecting updated results in the #WA03 Congressional race around 5 pm PT today

As it stands, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D) leads Joe Kent (R) by about 10,000 votes

There’s an estimated 70,000 votes left to be reported, most from Clark County, but not all @KGWNews The number of estimated votes left in this race could rise based on what’s to come from Lewis and Cowlitz counties as well - both areas that favor Kent.

The current Lewis and Cowlitz results are below.

We expect the latest Lewis drop at 4pm PT. Cowlitz around 8pm PT tonight.

UPDATE in the #WA03 race between Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D) and Joe Kent (R)

Clark County has about 90,000 ballots left to process & report. Election officials say they will be able to get through about 20,000 per day

That means it will take days for decisive results. @KGWNews Here are the current results in the #WA03 from *just* Clark County, where most of the outstanding ballots are

116,803 votes are in right now. Election officials expect to get close to 200,000 by the time all ballots are accounted for. So, we’ll see in todays 5pm update. @KGWNews

I'm covering the WA-03 Congressional race, where @MGPforCongress and @joekent16jan19 are competing for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.

I'll share updates in this thread - it's a unique race that's earned national attention. #WA03 @KGWNews About a month ago, we talked with Republican candidate Joe Kent.

Kent is endorsed by former President Trump and aligns with the more far-right ideals of the Republican Party. He explained his "America First" platform and disavowed white nationalist ties.
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It’s #ElectionDay in Virginia with a projected close race for Governor.

Elections Commissioner Chris Piper says about 20% of 5.9 million registered voters in Virginia voted early.

That’s more than 6x the number from 2017 - COVID effects/new laws/shifting preferences @13NewsNow Starting a thread from here. More than the Governor’s race is on the ballot - Lt. Gov, AG plus all 100 House of Delegate seats are on the table.

Election officials expect pre-processing of absentee ballots to be done by 7 - we’ll closely track when CAP results come in @13NewsNow

NEW: The attorney for the family of Andrew Brown Jr. calls for the Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Office to release the body camera video now.

Brown was shot and killed by a Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Deputy yesterday morning during the execution of a search warrant. @13NewsNow Keith Rivers - president of the local NAACP chapter - says the Sheriff’s department so far has failed to create trust and transparency for accountability and justice to move forward.

Brown had 7 children and took care of others as well, family attorney said. @13NewsNow