The Seattle Times
The Seattle Times is the most widely circulated daily newspaper in the Pacific Northwest. It was founded in 1891 and has been owned and operated by the Blethen family since 1896.
Type of Content
Approved Story
1
Format
Hide on the following page types:
Front Page
Topic Pages
Tag Pages
Community Pages
Region
News Item Format
Standard
Autocurated
0
Gov. Jay Inslee will end his third and final term as governor next January, bringing a new head of state government for the first time since 2013.
Will the new boss be the same as the old one?
Attorney General Bob Ferguson, the leading Democratic gubernatorial candidate in polls and fundraising, is endorsed by Inslee and much of the state’s ruling coalition of Democratic Party groups and their labor and environmental allies.
His chief Democratic rival, state Sen. Mark Mullet of Issaquah, is casting himself as a common sense alternative who can attract a winning bloc of moderate and independent voters. But he’s relatively unknown statewide and faces a steep climb to the governor’s mansion.