Washington 2020: The Calm Before the Drizzle

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This leaves the statewide numbers at 44-56 for I-1033 and 52-48 for R-71.

Washington > Maine

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I can just see it now... Governor Brad Owen.

Revolting.

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As I've told bgwah, I couldn't bring myself to vote for Brad Owen (as in 2008), blemishing an otherwise Democratic ballot.

(Besides, he was the only candidate to be listed as 'Democrat party' rather than 'Democratic')

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U.S. Senator - Patty Murray (D)
U.S. Representative (District 2) - Mike Lapointe (D)
Governor - Jay Inslee (D)
Lt. Governor - Cyrus Habib (D)
Secretary of State - Tina Podlowdowski (D)
State Treasurer - Marko Liias (D)
State Auditor - Jeff Sprung (D)
Attorney General - Bob Ferguson (D)
Commissioner of Public Lands - Hilary Franz (D)
Superintendent of Public Instruction - Chris Reykdal
Insurance Commissioner - Mike Kreidler (D)
State Representative Pos. 1 (District 38) - June Robinson (D)
State Representative Pos. 2 (District 38) - Mike Sells (D)
State Supreme Court, Justice Position 5 - John Scannell

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Thanks to our state's wonderful top 2 primary the Treasurer race (at least according to SOS website) is R v R at the current moment.  3 Democrats splitting the vote and 2 Republicans splitting the vote.

Dang it WA.  I was so looking forward to finally achieving the WA, OR, CA no Republican elected to statewide office.

Which one is worse?  I don't really know what I'm supposed to do where an election has two options that are both Republicans.  That seems like a cruel joke.

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Which of the Treasurer candidates is more moderate?

I don't know what kind of moderate identifies with the Republican party these days.  They must both be pretty old-fashioned.

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Which of the Treasurer candidates is more moderate?

I don't know what kind of moderate identifies with the Republican party these days.  They must both be pretty old-fashioned.

Err...George Pataki, Charlie Baker, Larry Hogan, Lisa Murkowski, Mark Kirk, Carlos Curbelo, Bruce Poliquin, Susan Collins...even within Washington you have Steve Litzow, Andy Hill, Rob McKenna, Kim Wyman, maybe Dino Rossi.

Those people are all clueless and terrible.  Get a grip.  Suffice it to say that I will not be recruiting you for advice on how to vote for Washington State Treasurer.

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Well, obviously a socialist like yourself (green party, whatever, it's basically the same) thinks Hillary Clinton or similar is "moderate", but that's not reality.

I'm enjoying the resurgence in 'socialist' being used as an epithet!  Not sure what the relevance of Hillary Clinton is here, not sure if she's a "moderate" but she's certainly the only sane choice in the presidential election.  Is moderation a compromise between sheer utter insanity and being generally stable?  And which treasurer candidate has shown more of a willingness to compromise in the direction of competence?

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There isn't much difference between Waite and Davidson. Both are anti-income tax, anti-deficit spending. The main difference is that one's a politician and one's a Wall Street financial management guy.

Davidson, the politician, has most of the big endorsements (Wyman, Reed, other county treasurers from both parties). Waite is backed by McKenna and some Republican state senators.

If I had to pick one, Davidson is probably slightly more likely to play nice with the establishment whereas Waite might be more hardline.

Thanks for the info.  I might leave that race blank. :/

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What is the status of write-ins?  If I write-in Marko Liias for State Treasurer, would that get counted?  (Is there a prominent, capable candidate accepting write-ins for that office?)

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What is the status of write-ins?  If I write-in Marko Liias for State Treasurer, would that get counted?  (Is there a prominent, capable candidate accepting write-ins for that office?)

It would get tabulated by the automated system, and show up on the election reports, but on a technical level it's a "rejected" write-in.  There's a Bernie guy named Eric Miller running as a Democratic write-in.  That's about all I know.

Thanks!