Washington minimum wage Initiative 1433 takes lead
Nov 8, 2016, 8:39 PM | Updated: Nov 9, 2016, 5:33 pm
Initiative 1433 aims to raise Washington state's minimum wage to $13.50 per hour by 2020. (AP)
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It appears that Washington’s minimum wage hike will likely pass after it kept 59 percent approval going into Wednesday night, and ballots continued to be counted.
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Initiative 1433 鈥� promoted by the Raise Up Washington campaign 鈥� would increase the Washington state minimum wage in stages to $13.50 by 2020.
The current Washington minimum wage is $9.47.
Supporters of the wage hike were able to raise $4.2 million for the initiative effort, according to Ballotpedia. Venture capitalist Nick Hanauer contributed $1 million in favor of the minimum wage hike. Those opposed to Initiative 1433 raised $82,000.
