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Twenty-two individuals have held the office of Governor of Washington since the state's admission to the Union, with Arthur B. Langlie serving non-consecutive terms. Populist Party candidate John Rankin Rogers is the only non-Democratic or Republican nominee to win office. The most recent governor to be from Eastern Washington was Clarence D ...
The executive is composed of the Governor, several other statewide elected officials and the Governor's cabinet. The Washington State Legislature consists of the House of Representatives and State Senate. The judiciary is composed of the Washington Supreme Court and lower courts. There is also local government, consisting of counties ...
Jay Robert Inslee (/ ˈ ɪ n z l i / INZ-lee; [1] born February 9, 1951) is an American politician, lawyer, and economist who has served as the 23rd governor of Washington since 2013.
The ball had been canceled earlier this year by the volunteer-run planning committee, which has been dissolved.
(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 ...
Washington had not had a Republican governor since John Spellman left office in 1985, the longest streak of Democratic leadership of any state in the country and the third longest streak of one-party leadership after South Dakota (which had not had a Democratic governor since Harvey L. Wollman left office in 1979) and Utah (which had not had a ...
Democrat Bob Ferguson defeated Republican Dave Reichert on Tuesday and will become Washington’s next governor. Ferguson, 59, the state’s three-term attorney general, was beating Reichert, 74 ...
The Washington State Capitol (or "Legislative Building") in Olympia is the home of the government of the State of Washington. It contains the chambers of the Washington State Legislature , offices for the governor , lieutenant governor , secretary of state , and state treasurer .