Washington’s next governor, Bob Ferguson, is very familiar with a Donald Trump Administration.
During his time as state attorney general, Ferguson sued the Trump administration more than 90 times.
He took the administration to task on everything from attempts to dismantle environmental protections to the travel ban imposed on people from Muslim-majority countries.
Jim Walsh is the Washington Republican Party Chair and a state representative from Aberdeen.
Speaking at an election watch party on Tuesday night, he said there’s an opportunity now for the governor elect to demonstrate he can work across the political divide.
“You know, I think it will be a chance for Bob Ferguson to show he’s a bigger man than he’s been. And if he can’t do that, then I think Donald Trump and the conservatives will show that we’re the bigger men,” Walsh said.
In his victory speech Tuesday, Ferguson told the crowd that he is prepared to defend peoples’ freedoms against a Trump administration. He also promised to advocate for all Washingtonians, no matter which political party they belong to.