I live in Jefferson County where elections are controlled completely by liberals. I think both Gregoire and Obama carried the county with about 78%.
In 2008 when the first stimulus money was being handed out Washington State had $33MILLION to spread around for schools, at risk kids and after school rec programs. My county got ...ZERO after working like hell for the progressives. What they couldn't understand was why Gregoire spent the money to influence voters in swing districts rather than "thanking" them.
Gregoire ended her term without a friend in the world. She had betrayed them all to please Obama by supporting the coal terminals, hoping to get an appointment in DC. First it was the EPA, but people in the EPA didn’t want her, then she thought she might get the dept of the interior, finally she was down to ambassador to Canada and she didn’t even get that.
I forgot the NLRB, which was her very first goal. Those recess appointments turned out to be more permanent than anyone thought, though.