Gov. Inslee and Bill Bryant Have Their Final Debate for Washington Governor

Standing together Wednesday in Pasco — where police last year shot to death a Mexican man who was throwing rocks — neither of Washington’s candidates for governor would commit to changing how state law treats police shootings.

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Standing together Wednesday in Pasco — where police last year shot to death a Mexican man who was throwing rocks — neither of Washington’s candidates for governor would commit to changing how state law treats police shootings.

 

Facing each other in their third and final debate, Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee and his GOP challenger, former Port of Seattle Commissioner Bill Bryant, by and large spent an hour reciting their campaign pitches.

 

 

With falling unemployment, Inslee touted his optimism for the state and described education-funding increases, help for homelessness and the $16 billion transportation package that passed during his first term.

 

“We’re making progress on jobs, we’re making progress on education, we’re making progress on transportation,” Inslee said.

 

Bryant once again hammered the governor over the state’s problems with homelessness and traffic, as well as Washington’s troubled mental-health system.

 

Fixing such problems, “is going to take an activist, engaged, forward-thinking governor,” Bryant said.

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Caroline Cournoyer is GOVERNING's senior web editor.
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