I think WA state will remain a serious problem for the GOP winning until they switch to off-year elections. The last Republican elected was a RINO bust (who managed to lose in 1984 for a second term), and probably only won because his opponent was the Communist cretin Jim McDermott. The last decent Governor was probably Dixy Lee Ray, the Conservative Democrat predecessor of RINO Spellman’s (she should’ve been a Republican to begin with), whom had beaten Spellman in 1976.
Good point, but Reichert has some star power.
McDermott would probably win today. Look for Ed Murray to file as the democrat.
Well, no one is saying that Reichert would be the favorite, but he definitely has a decent chance of winning the governorship, something that one could not say about many other WA Republicans. Plus, by running for governor, it would open up his (since 2012 redistricting) GOP-leaning House seat, thus allowing a more conservative Republican to go to Congress. So it’s a win-win for conservative Republicans. (If you recall, I wanted Reichert to run for the U.S. Senate the past couple of cycles for the same reason.)