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Robert Watson Ferguson (born February 23, 1965) is an American lawyer and politician serving since 2025 as the 24th governor of Washington.A member of the Democratic Party, he served from 2013 to 2025 as the 18th attorney general of Washington, from 2004 to 2013 as a member of the King County Council, and from 2009 to 2013 as the council's chair.
Prior to 2009, councilmembers were elected on a partisan basis, and had to declare their political party unless they filed as an Independent. An independent candidate had to receive at least 20 percent of the vote in the primary election to qualify for the general election ballot.
The following is a list of individuals who have served as attorney general of the U.S. state of Washington. [4] [5] The attorney general is fifth (behind the lieutenant governor, secretary of state, treasurer, and auditor, respectively) in the line of succession to the office of Governor of Washington. [6]
Only one Democrat named Bob Ferguson is running to be Washington’s next governor after two others with the same name withdrew Monday. The Bob still standing is the attorney general.
Washington Gov.-elect Bob Ferguson on Wednesday announced his picks to lead three state agencies. Two selections are reappointments: David Puente Jr. as director of the Department of Veterans ...
Ferguson also argued that if the other Bob Fergusons had not withdrawn, “Secretary Hobbs and our courts were the only institutions preventing tens of thousands of Washingtonians from voting for ...
Party Other names Ideology Mergers/Splits Created Disbanded National Renaissance Party: Neo-Nazism: 1949 1981 American Nazi Party: World Union of Free Enterprise National Socialists, National Socialist White People's Party, New Order (successor organization) Neo-Nazism
Apr. 22—Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bob Ferguson on Monday visited Spokane to raise money for his campaign, just two days after the state Republican Party wrapped up a chaotic event at ...