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Lieutenant Governor Larry Rhoden is expected to become governor following Noem's resignation, however he has not yet announced whether he'll seek a full term as governor. [108] Additionally, Noem will be term-limited by the South Dakota Constitution and will be ineligible to run for a third consecutive term in 2026.
Washington Governor Jay Inslee was re-elected to a third term in 2020 with 56.6% of the vote. Because Washington does not have gubernatorial term limits in its constitution, he is eligible to run for re-election for a fourth term, but he has decided not to seek re-election. [28] State Attorney General Bob Ferguson won the Democratic nomination.
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]
Inslee, who was eligible to run for a third term due to the lack of gubernatorial term limits, [1] initially launched a campaign for president of the United States in the 2020 election. When he dropped out of that race in August 2019 due to extremely low polling numbers, [2] he announced he would seek a third term as governor. [3]
Inslee, the longest-serving governor in office in the U.S. and only the second Washington governor to be elected to three consecutive terms, announced in May he would not seek a fourth term.
The 2016 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2016. Under Washington's top-two primary law, all candidates appear on the same ballot, regardless of party. In the August 2 primary, residents voted for one of several candidates from a range of party affiliations.
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 ...
Washington has not had a Republican governor since John Spellman left office in 1985, [2] 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 has not had a Democratic governor since Harvey Wollman left office in 1979) and Utah (which has not had a ...