'Voice of the people'? 'Chaotic mess'? Endorsement turmoil at WA GOP convention

For a few tense and chaotic minutes Friday, the Washington State Republican Party was poised to leave its convention in Spokane without endorsing a candidate for governor.

Not Semi Bird. Not Dave Reichert. Not anyone.

But delegates supporting Bird revolted, overturning a move by party leaders to disqualify him from the endorsement process and clearing the way for his anointing Saturday as the party’s officially-backed choice in the August primary.

As the drama played out inside the Spokane Convention Center, Reichert, who was not on site, said he was no longer seeking the endorsement citing “disarray” in the party.



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