Editorial: Ferguson clear choice to lead state's 'law firm'
By The Herald Editorial Board
After running unopposed four years ago, state Attorney General Bob Ferguson, a Democrat, seeks a third term leading what he calls the state’s largest law firm, with more than 500 attorneys and another 600 other employees in 27 divisions in 12 cities across the state.
Challenged by three Republicans in this summer’s primary, Ferguson now faces Woodinville attorney Matt Larkin in the general election.
Ferguson and his office have gained a higher profile during his second term, as a lead attorney general for an expansive lawsuit against opioid makers and distributors, among other civil actions, but also because of scores of lawsuits that he and fellow attorneys general from other states have filed during the nearly four years of the Trump administration, challenging executive orders and other policy decisions.
Larkin isn’t faulting his opponent over his work ethic but rather because he believes Ferguson is “focused on the wrong stuff,” he said during a joint interview with The Herald Editorial Board on Sept. 21. “I’d be an attorney general focused on cleaning up our streets, upholding the law and making our communities safer.”
https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/editorial-ferguson-clear-choice-to-lead-states-law-firm/
Sounds like Larkin believes the AG should be more like Billy Barr
