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Recap: 5 top takeaways from Washington’s governor debate
Bob Ferguson and Dave Reichert disagreed on taxes, government spending, public safety and whether Reichert would protect reproductive rights.
Shauna Sowersby
Shauna Sowersby is the state politics reporter for Cascade PBS. She previously covered the Legislature for McClatchy's northwest newspapers and freelanced for several local and national publi
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