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#WAGov Inslee will not run for re-election in 2024. Current WA AG Bob Ferguson IS IN! [1]

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Date: 2023-05-02

I just got a text message from our current Attorney General here in Washington State, Bob Ferguson.

He’s running for WA State Governor in 2024.

Angela - it’s Bob Ferguson, Democrat and Attorney General of Washington State. 𝐈 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐈’𝐦 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐫𝐮𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐨𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩. From protecting abortion rights to banning the sale of assault weapons, I’ve never been afraid to take on big fights as Washington’s Attorney General. We know this campaign will be tough. Previous gubernatorial races without an incumbent have been very close and dark money interests will spend millions to elect a candidate who doesn’t share our values. That’s why I need your help to come out of the gate strong. 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐍𝐘 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐤𝐢𝐜𝐤-𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐧 Bob Ferguson for Governor Act Blue donate link Together, we’ll win this race and keep Washington blue.

My first reaction was, ‘wait, is Jay Inslee not running for re-election,” and a short google later I found he was not. I had hoped Jay had one more term in him, he’s been a terrific Governor for our people.

But Bob Ferguson has been one of the most pro-active State Attorney Generals in the country for some time now.

Bob is a Leader:

https://www.atg.wa.gov/news/news-releases/ag-ferguson-leads-coalition-16-states-support-workers-rights-us-supreme-court

Dec 12 2022 SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today announced he’s leading a coalition of 16 attorneys general in an amicus brief to the United States Supreme Court defending workers’ rights. Glacier Northwest Inc v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local Union No. 174 potentially threatens workers’ right to strike and the effectiveness of the National Labor Relations Act. Washington and its multistate partners filed the “friend-of-the-court” brief late last week. “The right to strike is critical to workers’ ability to advocate for themselves, and rightly protected under federal law,” Ferguson said. “My office will stand up for workers’ rights.”

Leading a coalition of 18 states, AG Ferguson files lawsuit challenging Trump family separation

Jun 26 2018 Lawsuit filed in the Western District of Washington SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today filed his multi-state lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s policy of forced family separation on the U.S. southern border. A total of 16 states and the District of Columbia joined Ferguson’s suit, filed today in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. The states joining Ferguson’s lawsuit include: Massachusetts, California, Delaware, Iowa, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. “This case, like all our cases against this Administration, says something important about who we are as a people,” Ferguson said. “We will stand up for the Constitution, basic decency and fundamental American values. My office has not yet lost a lawsuit to the Trump Administration, and we do not intend to lose this one.” Ferguson and Governor Jay Inslee announced the lawsuit at a press conference last week, outside the federal prison in SeaTac, Washington where the federal government was detaining dozens of women after forcibly separating their children from them.

I’ve long been an admirer of this public servant. He has always stood up for the citizens of Washington State when it mattered.

I believe that he will be a good and decent Governor for our people, just as he has been a true defender of Rights as our Attorney General since 2013.

I know it’s early in the cycle, but early donations drive large donor donations, which can be paramount in winning executive level seats in the States.

Please, if you live in WA State, send Bob a bit of dough re mi today. Any amount helps drive interest and other donors at this time.

UPDATE from the comments courtesy Community member JJJG

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