Credit: WA LEG

Regular Stranger readers know of our longstanding beef with Steve Hobbs, a former state Senator who Governor Inslee appointed as Secretary of State (SOS) in a transparent political ploy to overcome Hobbs’s objections to key environmental legislation. Like Inslee, we also want Hobbs as far away from Senate committee chairs as possible. Luckily for voters, he boasts plenty of relevant experience for this job.

 

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