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Secretary of state, insurance commissioner debates set for Oct. 1

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Venice Buhain Jun 12, 2025

Sep 24, 2024

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                <h1>Secretary of state, insurance commissioner debates set for Oct. 1</h1>
                <h2><p>For those who want to see debates between the candidates for secretary of state and insurance commissioner, the League of Women Voters of Washington has you covered.

Secretary of State Steve Hobbs (D) will face Republican challenger Dale Whitaker, and state senators Phil Fortunato (R-Auburn) and Patty Kuderer (D-Bellevue) will</p></h2>
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            <p>For those who want to see debates between the candidates for <a href="https://www.cascadepbs.org/politics/2024/07/election-cybersecurity-top-mind-was-secretary-state-race">secretary of state</a> and <a href="https://www.cascadepbs.org/politics/2024/07/what-does-washington-state-insurance-commissioner-do">insurance commissioner</a>, the League of Women Voters of Washington has you covered.</p><p>Secretary of State Steve Hobbs (D) will face Republican challenger Dale Whitaker, and state senators Phil Fortunato (R-Auburn) and Patty Kuderer (D-Bellevue) will debate over the open seat for insurance commissioner at an event that starts at 6 p.m. Oct. 1 at the Edmonds College Black Box Theater in Lynnwood.</p><p>Kuderer and Fortunato will start with the insurance commissioner debate at 6:30 p.m. Whitaker and Hobbs will follow at 7:15 p.m. The League of Women Voters of Washington and Snohomish County are organizing the debates. The event is open to the public.</p><p>Both debates will be recorded and live-streamed by TVW, and the organizers invite the public to submit questions for the candidates in advance by emailing <a href="file:///C:/Users/shell/Downloads/forumquestions@lwvwa.org">forumquestions@lwvwa.org</a>.</p><p>These are two of the nine statewide races that voters will decide in this year’s general election. Election day is Nov. 5 and ballots will be mailed to voters on Oct. 18.</p>
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For those who want to see debates between the candidates for secretary of state and insurance commissioner, the League of Women Voters of Washington has you covered.

Secretary of State Steve Hobbs (D) will face Republican challenger Dale Whitaker, and state senators Phil Fortunato (R-Auburn) and Patty Kuderer (D-Bellevue) will debate over the open seat for insurance commissioner at an event that starts at 6 p.m. Oct. 1 at the Edmonds College Black Box Theater in Lynnwood.

Kuderer and Fortunato will start with the insurance commissioner debate at 6:30 p.m. Whitaker and Hobbs will follow at 7:15 p.m. The League of Women Voters of Washington and Snohomish County are organizing the debates. The event is open to the public.

Both debates will be recorded and live-streamed by TVW, and the organizers invite the public to submit questions for the candidates in advance by emailing forumquestions@lwvwa.org.

These are two of the nine statewide races that voters will decide in this year’s general election. Election day is Nov. 5 and ballots will be mailed to voters on Oct. 18.

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