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3 stories credited to The Columbian

Latest story Apr 21, 2026 · on ChamberLight since Apr 2026

A story can appear as several articles (copies of the same piece), so counts of stories and of articles differ.

Scores for The Columbian

Credibility

Not enough stories yet: 3 of 10.

How this is measured

Political lean

Not enough stories yet: 3 of 10.

How this is measured

Originality

Not enough stories yet: 3 of 10.

How this is measured

Writing quality not enough rated stories yet: 3 of 10. How it is measured

Scores last checked Sep 25, 2026.

Stories ChamberLight collected, by month

Stories credited to The Columbian, by publication date. ChamberLight collects articles that mention the officials it tracks, so this shows its own coverage of this source, not how much the source publishes.

  • Stories from The Columbian
  • Shaded: ChamberLight collected no stories, or almost none, from any outlet (a gap in its collection, not in the outlet’s publishing)
Show as a table
MonthStoriesAll outlets
April 202632,921
May 20260none collected
June 20260none collected
July 20260none collected
August 202601 (collection gap)
September 202601,320

Top topics

Share of this source’s stories tagged with each topic. A story can carry several topics, so the shares do not add up to 100%.

  • Ethics/Corruption3

    100% of 3 stories · 58% across all outlets

  • Voting Rights2

    67% of 3 stories · 19% across all outlets

  • Budget/Spending1

    33% of 3 stories · 31% across all outlets

  • Economy1

    33% of 3 stories · 26% across all outlets

  • Environment/Climate1

    33% of 3 stories · 5% across all outlets

The thin mark on each bar is the topic’s share across all outlets.

Who they cover

Party of the officials these stories are mainly about, across all 3 officials named. A story counts once for each official it is mainly about, so the split is over 5 story–official pairs, from 3 stories.

  • Party not recorded60% · 3 pairs
  • Republican40% · 2 pairs

Most covered

Stories mainly about each official, and their share of the source’s 3 stories.

  1. 1Marie Gluesenkamp Perez–3 stories · 100%
  2. 2Dan NewhouseR1 story · 33%
  3. 3Donald TrumpR1 story · 33%

Article tone

ChamberLight’s article analysis assigns each story a tone toward the official it covers. It describes the coverage of that official, not The Columbian’s stance, and reader votes do not change it. 3 stories.

Good Look
1 (33%)
Mixed
2 (67%)
Informational
0 (0%)
Bad Look
0 (0%)

Challenges to these scores

No one has challenged a score on this page yet. Anyone can; editors publish every outcome here.

Articles served from columbian.com

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Southwest Washington officials, environmentalists urge Perez to vote against amending Endangered Species Act

Local officials and environmental advocates have urged U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, to vote “no” this week on a House bill they said would decimate federal protections for endangered wildlife. Read more...

Apr 21, 202611 votes

Dollars flowing into a pair of hotly contested Washington congressional races

An early fundraising leader has emerged from the crowd of candidates battling to succeed retiring Republican Congressman Dan Newhouse in central Washington. Read more...

Apr 17, 202615 votes

Dollars flowing into a pair of hotly contested Washington congressional races

An early fundraising leader has emerged from the crowd of candidates battling to succeed retiring Republican Congressman Dan Newhouse in central Washington. Read more...

Apr 17, 20268 votes

Trump endorses state Sen. John Braun in 3rd District race

President Donald Trump weighed in on Washington’s 3rd Congressional District race Tuesday with a social media post that endorsed state Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia, and bashed incumbent Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania. Read more...

Apr 14, 202612 votes

Trump endorses state Sen. John Braun in 3rd District race

President Donald Trump weighed in on Washington’s 3rd Congressional District race Tuesday with a social media post that endorsed state Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia, and bashed incumbent Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania. Read more...

Apr 14, 202620 votes