The U.S. Supreme Court in March upheld Washington state's top-two primary system, which had been adopted by the Legislature in March 2004, vetoed by Governor Gary Locke in April 2004, approved overwhelmingly by the voters in November 2004 and struck down by the U.S. District Court in July 2005.

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The U.S. Supreme Court in March upheld Washington state's top-two primary system, which had been adopted by the Legislature in March 2004, vetoed by Governor Gary Locke in April 2004, approved overwhelmingly by the voters in November 2004 and struck down by the U.S. District Court in July 2005. The Ninth Circuit upheld the district court ruling in August 2006, and the Supreme Court reversed it in March this year. The...