2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumInslee declared Gov Of WA state
McKenna conceeded just a while ago.
51% to 49%
montanacowboy
(6,098 posts)Inslee is a good guy, so glad to hear it
livetohike
(22,156 posts)Swede Atlanta
(3,596 posts)I used to live in Seattle so I congratulate my friends.....
Let's see Democratic governor, gay marriage upheld by the voters, personal use of marijuana allowed, BLUE state......these are all the big things.
BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)Inslee will be a great governor - and probably the most handsome one in the country to boot!
I swear, he could have easily been an actor.
I'm happy for Washington state!
Carla in Sequim
(228 posts)This was, no offense, one race you could tell the progressive candidate from the conservative just by looking at them. Inslee is just what we need. I would assume we would have ceased to be the 'evergreen state' if the other guy had his way.
Also, the DA is now dismissing minor pot convictions and marriage equality is the law...done!
Forward Ho!
Mr.Turnip
(645 posts)pnwmom
(108,989 posts)UnrepentantLiberal
(11,700 posts)At one point is was down to a handful of votes.
Mr.Turnip
(645 posts)And the Republicans were all up in arms about it being stolen from them.
UnrepentantLiberal
(11,700 posts)It was wonderful to watch. Dino Rossi was ahead at first and then Christine Gregoire caught up and just passed him. He was a jackass of course. Republics have no sense of irony. Whining crybabies in every situation. Final tally: 1,373,361 to 1,373,228. Amazing. It really made me feel like my vote counted.
Norrin Radd
(4,959 posts)greenman3610
(3,947 posts)and there are decisions being made around shipping of coal and tarsands oil through Washington ports
Cha
(297,453 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)Cha
(297,453 posts)tavalon
(27,985 posts)and, um, weed.
I personally hate weed or it hates me. But I hate seeing it illegal when alcohol is so much more dangerous. I don't want friends and family to go to jail because they like Ganja.
Cha
(297,453 posts)now. Back in the day I would have considered moving to Washington because of such a ruling, lol. But, now I'm just glad that it's not illegal.
LisaL
(44,974 posts)Hippo_Tron
(25,453 posts)tavalon
(27,985 posts)I didn't expect Inslee to win - he's way too liberal for anywhere in this state but King County. That said, it happened. Inslee won and I like Inslee even better than Gregoire - she was very third way pragmatic, Inslee is a real liberal.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Left coast liberal
(1,138 posts)Jay will be a good Gov.
I remember when he voted "no" against the war back in the day.
He has been solid from the start of this mess.