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The 2024 Washington gubernatorial election will be held on November 5, 2024. The top-two primary will be held on August 6. Incumbent Democratic Governor Jay Inslee announced on May 1, 2023 that he would not run for a fourth term. [1] Inslee, who previously served in the U.S. House, was first elected governor in 2012 and won re-election in 2016 ...
Here’s what leading candidates for governor say about their records. Earlier this month, the Seattle Times’ editorial board endorsed current Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson over ...
The 2020 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 2020. It followed a top-two primary held on August 4. Incumbent governor Jay Inslee, the Democratic candidate, defeated Loren Culp, the Republican candidate by a wide margin. Inslee, who was eligible to run for a third term due to the lack of gubernatorial term limits, [1 ...
Elections in Washington. General elections in the U.S. state of Washington are scheduled to be held on November 5, 2024. Primary elections are scheduled to be held on August 6, 2024. [1] This is the first time since 1965 that Republicans have not held at least 1 executive office.
Eric Rosane. May 11, 2024 at 8:00 AM. Republican candidate for governor Semi Bird filed to run for office Friday morning in what his campaign is calling a “historic moment” for Washington ...
Bob Ferguson (politician) Robert Watson Ferguson (born February 23, 1965) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 18th attorney general of Washington. A member of the Democratic Party, he was first elected in 2012 and re-elected in 2016 and 2020. [1] Prior to serving as attorney general, Ferguson was a member of the King County ...
The governor of Washington is the head of government of Washington and commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. [2] [3] The officeholder has a duty to enforce state laws, [4] the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Washington Legislature and line-item veto power to cancel specific provisions in spending bills. [5]
United States gubernatorial electionsare scheduled to be held on November 5, 2024, in 11 states and two territories. The previous gubernatorial elections for this group of states took place in 2020, except in New Hampshireand Vermontwhere governors only serve two-year terms and elected their governors in 2022. In addition to state gubernatorial ...