The only way you can become the Attorney General of Washington is to defeat Bob Ferguson in a game of chess. Republican Matt Larkin, who opposes safe-injection sites and who thinks the state did too much to fight COVID-19, has yet to beat him or even to challenge him to a game, so far as we know. Therefore, we’re sticking with Ferg.
Kidding! Fuck Matt Larkin! We like Ferguson because he has sued the Trump administration to protect our civil liberties 80 times since 2017. His record so far is 22-0 on cases where a judge has given a final ruling. When he’s not fighting Trump in court, he’s suing Facebook for breaking our state’s strong campaign finance laws, and running one of the best consumer protection shops in the country.
Ferguson isn’t perfect. He tossed around “reimagining” the police instead of defunding, and he brought the culvert case against Native tribes all the way up to the Supreme Court (and lost via tie) when he could have dropped it. But he’s open to decriminalizing sex work! And Ferguson, if re-elected, wants to focus on tackling opioid abuse and expanding litigation around civil rights and environmental issues. Vote Ferguson.
