Although the ad looks at first glance like it was created by Mullet’s campaign, it is funded by Weidner Property Management, Marathon Petroleum, and wealthy men who don’t want Bob Ferguson to become Washington’s next governor.
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Here’s who the Republican Party endorsed for statewide office at its 2024 convention in Spokane
On April 20th, the Washington State Republican Party endorsed candidates in seven out of ten executive and federal races that will be on the August and November 2024 statewide ballot. Read the list of who got the party’s backing.
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Washington State Republican Party endorses Semi Bird’s gubernatorial candidacy
The endorsement, which came after Dave Reichert withdrew from consideration and denounced the party’s 2024 convention, isn’t likely to do much to help Bird’s insurgent campaign — unless Bird can leverage it as a springboard to secure an endorsement from Donald Trump.
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Is Dave Reichert up, or is he down? According to his campaign, the answer is yes
The Republican’s campaign is employing contradictory messaging in an effort to get backers to open their wallets.
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Mainstream Republicans of Washington unveil endorsements in four 2024 statewide races
The group, which has a long history of representing the now-shriveled reasonable wing of the Washington State Republican Party, is backing Dave Reichert for Governor, Jaime Herrera Beutler for Commissioner of Public Lands, Raul Garcia for U.S. Senate, and Chad Magendanz for Superintendent of Public Instruction.
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Poll Watch: Right wing firm Echelon Insights drops another skewed survey to boost Dave Reichert’s gubernatorial ambitions
Read NPI’s analysis of a fatally flawed March 2024 survey conducted by a Virginia-based, Republican aligned polling firm for a right wing group hoping to influence media coverage of Washington State’s 2024 gubernatorial race.
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A plurality of Republican presidential primary voters in Washington State aren’t sure how they feel about Dave Reichert
Asked whether they viewed Reichert favorably or unfavorably, a plurality of 43% in our poll of Republican presidential primary voters said they were not sure. A total of 39% had a favorable view of Reichert (23% very favorable, 16% somewhat favorable), while 18% had an unfavorable view.
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Bob Ferguson overtakes Dave Reichert in NPI’s first gubernatorial poll of 2024
The Democratic frontrunner, currently serving as the state’s Attorney General, now has a four lead over his expected Republican rival instead of the two point deficit that NPI’s November 2023 survey found.
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Washington State Labor Council endorses Bob Ferguson’s 2024 gubernatorial campaign
“This is a critical race for Washington’s working families and our affiliated unions want to hit the ground running early to support Bob Ferguson, who’s clearly the best candidate for governor,” said April Sims, President of the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO.
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Poll Watch: Like NPI, Elway finds 2024 WA gubernatorial race looking competitive
Asked about this year’s gubernatorial race, a total of 37% of the respondents said they either intended to vote for Democratic frontrunner Bob Ferguson, or could vote for him, while a total of 31% said they either intended to vote for Republican frontrunner Dave Reichert, or could vote for him
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Loren Culp backs Semi Bird for governor, calls frontrunner Dave Reichert “a looney liberal”
Culp, who used to be employed by Republic as a policeman, denounced Reichert in a post on Twitter, writing: “DNA caught the green river killer, don’t believe the hype. Reichert voted like a looney liberal in Congress.”
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Sorry, Semi Bird: Data shows that Dave Reichert is the leading Republican candidate in Washington’s 2024 gubernatorial contest
The former Republican congressman is well positioned to advance to the November 2024 general election along with Attorney General Bob Ferguson, with a robust lead in NPI’s early gubernatorial polling.
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Semi Bird offers hilariously incoherent response to NPI’s new gubernatorial polling
In a lengthy, hilariously incoherent post on Twitter, Bird struggled to respond to the numbers that show his campaign is not gaining momentum, vacillating from denouncing it to looking for a silver lining in the data.
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Dave Reichert slightly ahead of Bob Ferguson in 2024 WA gubernatorial race, NPI poll finds
46% of 700 likely 2024 Washington State voters surveyed in mid-November for the Northwest Progressive Institute said they’d vote for Republican Dave Reichert if the election were being held today, while 44% said they would vote for Bob Ferguson. 9% were not sure.