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He will be term-limited by the South Carolina Constitution in 2026 and cannot seek re-election to a third consecutive full term. Possible Republican candidates include Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette , State Senate Majority Leader A. Shane Massey , U.S. Senator Tim Scott , businessman and 2018 gubernatorial candidate John Warren, and Attorney ...
The term for governor is four years, [2] commencing on the second Monday in the January following the election. [64] If the office of governor is vacant or the governor is unable to discharge their duties, the lieutenant governor assumes the duties of governor, though still officially retains the office of lieutenant governor. [65]
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.
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.
Ferguson, 59, the state’s three-term attorney general, was beating Reichert, 74, a former seven-term congressman and prior King County sheriff, by a whopping margin of 56.3% to 43.5%. Results ...
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 ...
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]
Oct. 18—Two new polls show Democrat Bob Ferguson holding a steady lead over Republican Dave Reichert in the race for Washington's next governor. The polls show Ferguson with roughly 50% of the ...