Politics
Washington's political chess master
Like any good chess nut, Attorney General Bob Ferguson is comfortable taking "calculated" risks. Will one of those risks be running for governor?
Matt A. Fikse
Matt Fikse-Verkerk (Twitter: @mattfikse) covered urban affairs, politics, tech, and business at Crosscut from 2009 to 2014. He lives in Seattle and works for a biotechnology firm in Redmond, WA.
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Washington State
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