Rob McKenna
A candidate for Governor, State of Washington in the 2012 Washington Primary
Party: Republican
Age: 62
City: Bellevue, WA
Occupation: Lawyer
NOTABLE: Currently finishing his second term as Washington’s attorney general; former King County councilman.
Contact information
- Web: robmckenna.org
Race Results
| Candidate | Votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|
| Jay Inslee (D) | 599,135 | 46.78% |
| Rob McKenna (R) | 554,303 | 43.28% |
| Rob Hill (R) | 42,597 | 3.33% |
| Shahram Hadian (R) | 40,118 | 3.13% |
| James White (I) | 12,767 | 1% |
| Christian Joubert (H) | 9,390 | 0.73% |
| L. Dale Sorgren (I) | 8,711 | 0.68% |
| Max Sampson (R) | 8,170 | 0.64% |
| Javier Lopez (R) | 5,691 | 0.44% |
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With five days left until Election Day, campaigns are shifting their focus from policy arguments to pleas for action. Candidates, meanwhile, are crisscrossing the state to make their final pitches.
Inslee reports negative cash balance
OLYMPIA – Democrat Jay Inslee has burned through his campaign cash, as Washington state’s competitive race for governor enters the final week. Inslee reported in disclosure filings that he had a negative account balance of about $50,000 as of Monday. Campaign spokesman Sterling Clifford said Wednesday that the campaign still has cash to spend after raising $60,000 on Tuesday, with more coming in. And he noted the campaign has already paid for ads through Election Day.
McKenna’s free travel studied
SEATTLE – Washington’s Republican candidate for governor, Rob McKenna, has spent a lot of time as attorney general traveling on other people’s dime, the Seattle Times reported Sunday. The newspaper said McKenna accepted nearly three times as many privately paid trips and event tickets over the past seven years as his predecessor, Gov. Chris Gregoire, did during her last eight years as attorney general.
Gregoire says successors’ budget proposals won’t work
OLYMPIA – Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire served warning Thursday to her two would-be successors that the budget plans they’re pushing on the campaign trail won’t work and they’ll need to find some sort of new revenue – usually translated as a tax increase – to balance the budget and meet the demand for better public schools. At a news conference to announce a federal waiver that will help the state save money by developing a new program for residents eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid, Gregoire said she was looking at a revenue increase for the 2013-’15 budget she will propose next month.
Gregoire says successor will need to raise taxes
OLYMPIA — The next governor will have to raise taxes, regardless of what they promise on the campaign trail, Gov. Chris Gregoire predicted today. The budget she proposes for the next two years will have some kind of “revenue increase”.
Spin Control: Times political ads might not be money well spent
OLYMPIA – The biggest news in the state’s political campaigns last week probably was not made by a politician or group working for or against a ballot measure. Instead, it was made by the Seattle Times Co., with a decision to run a full-page ad in support of Republican Rob McKenna’s gubernatorial bid, at no cost to the McKenna campaign.