McKenna makes candidacy official
Gubernatorial hopeful among latest to file papers
OLYMPIA – Several candidates who have been running for months made it official Thursday, adding their names to the growing list of current and potential officeholders for the Aug. 7 ballot.
State Attorney General Rob McKenna, who has offices in Seattle and Olympia, filed for governor online, from Spokane. While McKenna is considered the likely Republican nominee for the state’s top job, he joined six others who also want the job, four of them listing their party preference as Republican.
U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Eastern Washington’s four-term incumbent, also made her re-election campaign official.
As of Thursday evening, she had two opponents: Democrat Rich Cowan, a Spokane businessman, and marijuana rights activist Ian Moody, who listed no party preference for his candidacy.
Other candidates filing for offices on Spokane-area primary ballots late Wednesday or Thursday, and their party preference, included:
Governor: Max Sampson, Republican
State auditor: Craig Pridemore and Mark Miloscia, both Democrat
Superintendent of public instruction: Don Hansler (nonpartisan office)
Insurance commissioner: Scott Reilly, Republican
3rd Legislative District
State representative, Position 2: Dave White, Republican
6th Legislative District
State representative, Position 2: Ben Oakley, Republican
7th Legislative District
State representative, Position 2: Joel Kretz, Republican