Washington state megathread

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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/washington-gov-jay-inslee-gives-maggot-infested-apples-to-wildfire-victims-regrets-mistake

Washington state is known for its apples -- but Gov. Jay Inslee didn't appear to do the popular fruit any public relations favors last week.


The Democrat, in an effort to bring comfort to communities in Eastern Washington devastated by recent wildfires, unknowingly and illegally gifted baskets of apples from his orchard in Olympia that were later found to be infested with apple maggot larvae, according to reports.

Thurston County, where Inslee lives, is an apple maggot quarantine area --meaning it was illegal for Inslee to bring homegrown apples from that area to a non-quarantine area like Douglas County, according to Q13 FOX in Seattle.

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A basket of apples the governor gave to a retirement home in Omak, Wash., later tested positive for apple maggot larvae so officials were desperately trying to find the basket he left at a church in Bridgeport, Wash., but no one knows what happened to it, according to the station.

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Mildly curious to see if Inslee got promised a cabinet position in a Biden second term. Energy, Health and Human Services and Interior are all possibilities.

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Hilary Franz is officially in.

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Yakima Doctor Raul Garcia joins the Republican field for Governor.

Garcia joins Benton County Republican Party Chair Semi Bird in competing for GOP votes.

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https://twitter.com/electmullet/status/1664260685549772802

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Nick Brown, who resigned as U.S Attorney for Western Washington back in June has entered the race for Attorney General.

The field for Attorney General is now as follows:

Former U.S Attorney for Western Washington Nick Brown (D)
State Senator Manka Dhingra (D)

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Bob Ferguson has recieved the endorsement of Jay Inslee.

The Washington gubernatorial race officially has another candidate in the mix. Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson made his campaign official on Saturday, several months after announcing an "exploratory" campaign.

“My goal is to work hard for the people, we have a hardworking state, they deserve hardworking governor that focuses on them and their concerns," Ferguson said. "That’s what I’ve done as attorney general, that’s what I’m going to do as governor.”


He held three events across the state on Sept. 9 to announce his run for governor with stops in Spokane and Pasco, ending the night in Seattle.

Gov. Jay Inslee endorsed Ferguson on Saturday evening at the campaign announcement party, held at Washington Hall.