October 17, 2020

2020 General Governor, Lt. Governor & Insurance Commissioner Candidate Questionnaire

See responses from Senator and State Representative candidates by Legislative District here. Responses from Congressional US Representative Candidates are here. Candidate email addresses can be found here.

The Question:

Do you pledge to support legislation for high quality, sustainable, affordable, publicly funded health care for all Washington residents?

Governor	Party	Answer	Comments
Jay Inslee	Democrat	Yes
Loren Culp	Republican	no response
Lieutenant Governor	Party	Answer	Comments
Denny Heck	Democrat	Yes
Marko Liias	Democrat	Yes
Insurance Commissioner	Party	Answer	Comments
Mike Kreidler	Democrat	no response
Chirayu Avinash Patel	Republican	Yes

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