Sunday, September 24, 2023
Washington Governor Jay Inslee announced Monday morning that he will not seek reelection in 2024. In a statement released online, Inslee stated, “Today I announced I will not seek a fourth term. …
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Washington Governor Jay Inslee announced Monday morning that he will not seek reelection in 2024.
In a statement released online, Inslee stated: “Today I announced I will not seek a fourth term. We've made Washington a beacon for progress for the nation, and now it's time to pass the torch.
“Our last decade of Washington’s storied history is one of growth and innovation. I am proud to have played a role in our state’s leadership on so many fronts. We’ve passed the nation’s best climate policies, the most successful family leave benefits, the best college scholarship programs, a more fair legal justice system, and the most protective actions against gun violence. We’ve shown that diversity is a strength worth fighting for.
“Now is the time to intensely focus on all we can accomplish in the next year and a half, and I intend to do just that. I look forward to continued partnership with legislators and community leaders to address Washington’s homelessness crisis, speed our efforts to expand behavioral health services, continue our fight against climate change, and continue making Washington a beacon of progress for all.”
Inslee was first elected in 2012 and became only the second governor in the state elected to three consecutive terms.
The 2024 Washington Gubernatorial Election will be held on November 5, 2024.
The top-two primary will be held on Aug. 6.
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Justin Hale
Good riddance!
Tuesday, May 2 Report this
MargeS
Our governor has done a great job, some trolls just don't want to admit it.
Tuesday, May 2 Report this
Justin Hale
Of course you do MS, you support a guy who has no respect for our National border laws and invites illegal immigrants into our state, has no respect for our states gun rights laws, gives the citizens the third highest gas taxes in the country in spite of running a multi-billion dollar budget surplus, spends our tax dollars to purchase the abortion pills and invites citizens from other states to come and get some, runs for POTUS using taxpayer dollars and refusing to repay the money he pssd away on his lame attempt to do to the country what he has done to Washington state. A guy who crippled our ferry system with his dumb az mandatory vaccine program, forcing in an authoritarian fashion my Son, who is a Paramedic, to take a vaccine that he did not want to take in order to keep his job to support his wife and two boy's, and in spite of that vaccine my Son got the virus anyway.
Yeah, why wouldn't you support Inslee he's a Democrat, and I'll bet you will vote for Furgeson when you have the opportunity.
Wednesday, May 3 Report this
MargeS
Yes I supported all of Gov. Inslee's programs. Yes I supported the Vaccine mandates, yes people who had the shots got sick but didn't die, I know many in WA state that didn't and they are dead. You seem to think it is wrong for a governor to do the right thing. Why not move to a state that supports your delusional ideas.
Wednesday, May 3 Report this
Justin Hale
It's not true that "people who had the shots got sick but didn't die". There have been several cases where vaccinated people died from covid19, some young people have even died from the vaccine.
So you are OK with an autocrat controlling how you treat your body?
I was forced to take the vaccine before I could have the surgery that I needed, I believed in My body My choice, I guess you don't.
I do not believe it is "right" for an autocrat to have the power to mandate that citizens take an experimental drug.
Thursday, May 4 Report this
MargeS
You are beyond belief. If your really don't like it here go spend some time in Texas. If you had lived there during the pandemic you might not have made it.
Deaths in Texas - 94,383
Deaths in WA state - 16, 013
An aggressive push to make vaccines available in WA state, masking, closing venue where there were more than 50 people. Some of the logical steps taken by WA state saved a lot of lives. I knew someone who would not get vaccinated, would not let his family, no masks, he caught the virus and so did his wife. He died, she managed to survive.
If you live in a society, you don't have the right to kill other people by only thinking of yourself.
Go away, live in Texas, let us enjoy the fact that we have a state government that cares about its people.
Thursday, May 4 Report this
Justin Hale
Never said I didn't like Wa. state, I just don't like the Gov. or the azhat AG. Sort of like how you probably like America but you hated our past President.
"you don't have the right to kill other people by only thinking of yourself. " Thousands of Americans die every year from the flu, are you going to wear your M95 mask and isolate for the rest of your life because you might come down with the flu? Can ewe say Baaaa!
Friday, May 5 Report this