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A 1981 University of Michigan study named him one of the ten outstanding American governors of the 20th century. [5] He declined to run for a fourth term in 1976. Jay Inslee joined both Langlie and Evans, becoming the third Washington governor to serve three terms with his re-election victory in 2020. [8]
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]
Dan Evans, who served three terms as governor, and later one term in the U.S. Senate, became the younger governor in state history at age 39.
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.
Governor Dan McKee took office in 2021 upon the resignation of Gina Raimondo and was elected to a full term in 2022 with 58.1% of the vote. Because McKee served less than two years of Raimondo's term, he is eligible to run for re-election to a second consecutive full term. However, he has not yet stated if he will do so.
No Republican has won an election as Washington's governor since 1980, when John Spellman was elected. He lost reelection in 1984. Washington has the longest current streak of Democratic governors ...
Apr. 20—After getting off to a raucous start, delegates returned Saturday for the final day of the state Republican Party convention and endorsed gubernatorial hopeful Semi Bird, a day after ...