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PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
This has turned out to be a very strange race.
Until 2016, the King County Prosecutor was a partisan office. Although King County weighs very heavily Democratic, Dan Satterberg was able to win three times...as a Republican. That’s kind of shocking except that Satterberg has always been a moderate Republican. Now that (in the age of Trump) the moderate Republican has gone extinct, Satterberg re-registered in May as a Democrat. Which seems strange, since the race for King County Prosecutor is now officially non-partisan and his party affiliation would not appear on the ballot.
Ah, but what also happened in May? Progressive leftie public defender Daron Morris announced his candidacy for King County Prosecutor and immediately became a viable opponent to Satterberg. So not only did Satterberg switch parties, he then came out against the death penalty and joined the ACLU. (Okay, Dan, we get it.)
Then things got really strange. Daron Morris suspended his campaign in September, citing health reasons. However, by then it was too late to withdraw his candidacy, so his name will still appear on the ballot.
My biggest beef with Satterberg has always been his stance on the death penalty. But now that he opposes it, has become a Democrat, joined the ACLU, and started wearing that Che Guevara beret, it’s a lot easier for me to vote for him. Still, I heard Daron Morris speak earlier this year and I thought he was great and was looking forward to voting for him. What would happen if he actually won this race despite having suspended his campaign? Maybe we’ll find out....
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