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NOVEMBER 13, 2024
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VOL. 105, NO. 46
Ferguson declares victory over Reichert in governor's race
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By Carleen Johnson The Center Square
Democratic Attorney General Bob Ferguson has defeated Republican Dave Reichert in the Washington state governor's race. The Associated Press called the race for Ferguson about 30 minutes after polls closed in Tuesday's election with Ferguson holding 56% of the returns posted Tuesday night to Reichert's 43%. Incumbent Gov. Jay Inslee did not run for reelection after serving in the role for the last 12 years. Ferguson focused his campaign on attacking Reichert’s voting record on abortion during his time in Congress. Reichert supported legislation that would have limited abortion to the first 20 weeks of pregnancy. Reichert responded in a campaign video, saying, "As governor, I will not change Washington law on this issue,” adding that he doesn’t believe any politician should make such a decision for a woman. Reichert was King County Sheriff prior to representing Washington's 8th Congressional District from 2005 to 2019. He centered his campaign on
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Washington Democratic Gov.-elect Bob Ferguson addresses the media during a news conference in Seattle on Thursday as Attorney General-elect Nick Brown looks on.
Nick Brown defeats Pete Serrano in Washington state's AG race By Carleen Johnson The Center Square
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Unless something changes dramatically with the trend of ballots added across Washington state on Wednesday, former U.S. Attorney Nick Brown will be Washington’s next attorney general. The 47-year-old Democrat was leading Republican candidate Pete Serrano, 43, who is the mayor of Pasco, by more than 319,000 votes Tuesday night. There are more than 790,000 ballots yet to be tallied, and Serrano had not yet conceded the race by midday Wednesday. “I’m proud of the campaign I ran and grateful for all the Washingtonians I’ve met along the way. Thank you for your support. Several hundred thousand votes remain to be counted. Let’s see what today holds,” Serrano texted The Center Square late
Wednesday morning. Current state Attorney General Bob Ferguson did not seek reelection, as the Democrat made a successful bid to become the next governor of the state. Ferguson is leading Republican challenger Dave Reichert by more than 330,000 votes; a wide enough margin to call the contest for Ferguson. Brown was initially an Army lawyer and was deployed to Iraq in 2005. He later worked as an assistant U.S. attorney, and then joined the office of Gov. Jay Inslee as general counsel. In 2021 Brown was named U.S. attorney for Western Washington after being nominated by President Joe Biden. Brown’s campaign website notes that “he stood up to Donald Trump and his hateful Muslim ban and oversaw the governor’s work to end
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