by Garrett FriskEarlier this week, Washington governor Jay Inslee announced he would not seek a historic fourth term in office. On the same day, Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced he would form an exploratory committee to succeed his fellow Democrat as governor. Given how rarely the governor's mansion is open, Ferguson is all but certain to face serious opposition. Two other Democrats, Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz and state senator Mark Mullet, have expressed interest in a campaign; on the Republican side, state representative Jim Walsh says he's considering, while Richland school board member Semi Bird is already in the race. However, even though Ferguson won't be able to clear the field, that hasn't stopped him from trying; he has announced a long list of endorsements, the most notable of which are listed below: Tribes
-Snoqualmie Indian Tribe Unions -UFCW Local 3000 -Teamsters Local 28 -IBEW Local 46 and 77 Members of Congress -Reps. Pramila Jayapal, Adam Smith, Suzan DelBene, Rick Larsen, and Derek Kilmer Statewide elected officials -State Treasurer Mike Pellicciotti -Former Commissioner of Public Lands Peter Goldmark -Former Superintendent of Public Instruction Terry Bergeson State legislators -State senators Andy Billig, Bob Hasegawa, Sam Hunt, Karen Keiser, Patty Kuderer, Joe Nguyen, Marko Liias, Jamie Pedersen, Emily Randall, Christine Rolfes, Rebecca Saldaña, Jesse Salomon, Sharon Shewmake, Derek Stanford, Yasmin Trudeau, Javier Valdez, Claire Wilson, and Lisa Wellman, and former state senators David Frockt, Adam Kline, Dwight Pelz, Kevin Ranker, Debbie Regala, Laurie Dolan, and Mona Das -State representatives Jessica Bateman, Lauren Davis, Beth Doglio, Mary Fosse, Roger Goodman, David Hackney, Debra Lekanoff, Nicole Macri, Sharlett Mena, Tina Orwall, Strom Peterson, Gerry Pollet, Marcus Riccelli, Cindy Ryu, Tana Senn, Tarra Simmons, Vandana Slatter, Monica Stonier, Chris Sterans, and My-Linh Thai, and former state representatives Deb Eddy, Jesse Johnson, Phyllis Gutiérrez Kenney, Ruth Kagi, Betty Sue Morris, Busse Nutley, Tim Probst, Sandra Romero, Larry Seaquist, Gael Tarleton, and Deb Wallace Local officials -Whatcom County Executive Satpal Sidhu -King County councilmembers Rod Dembowski, Jeanne Kohl-Welles, Joe McDermott, Sarah Perry, Dave Upthegrove, Girmay Zahilay -All 5 Seattle Port Commissioners -Seattle city councilmembers Teresa Mosqueda and Dan Strauss and former councilmembers Sally Bagshaw and David Della -Former Seattle mayor Greg Nickels -Former Vancouver mayors Royce Pollard and Tim Leavitt -Former Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes Tribal officials -National Congress of American Indians president & Quinault Nation vice chair Fawn Sharp -Samish Indian Nation chair Tom Wooten Individuals -Former Washington Democratic Party chair Paul Berendt -Former Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best Comments are closed.
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