Washington AG Ferguson Comfortably Leads 2020 Primary Election

SEATTLE, WA — Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson has a comfortable lead in the August 2020 Primary Election, placing him in a strong position to advance to the November election.

Ferguson, the only democrat in the race, faces three primary challengers, Brett Rogers and Matt Larkin with the Republican Party, and Mike Vaska from the GOP party.

As of the first ballot drop Tuesday night, Ferguson has claimed nearly 57 percent of the vote, followed by Matt Larkin with 23.5 percent.

If re-elected, it would be Ferguson's third term as Washington's Attorney General. In his eight years in office, Ferguson has made a name for himself by filing dozens of successful lawsuits against the Trump Administration, as well as several high-profile consumer protection suits against big businesses and pharmaceutical companies. Perhaps Ferguson's most prominent case was in 2017 when Washington sued and halted President Trump's so-called "Muslim ban" prohibiting travelers from seven Middle Eastern countries. Just three days after the President signed the ban into law, Ferguson won a restraining order, overturning the ban across the country.

Larkin, a Republican, is a licensed attorney in both Washington and Oregon state, and worked as the Associate Director of Presidential Speechwriting in George W. Bush's White House. Larkin posits his campaign as one that is tough on homelessness, saying that Washington "needs a fresh perspective, and real solutions to homelessness, drug abuse, and crime."

Larkin will face a steep challenge in Ferguson, who won re-election in 2016 with 69 percent of the vote, taking 37 of Washington's 39 counties.