IN
IN WASHINGTON, AND WE ARE ROLLING OUT THE RESULTS AS THE
RESULTS ROLL IN.
>>> HERE ARE THE LATEST NUMBERS
IN THE RACE FOR WASHINGTON
GOVERNOR, OUR STATE OF COURSE
THE TOP TWO PRIMARY, SO THE TWO
CANDIDATES WITH THE MOST VOTES
REGARDLESS OF PARTY ADVANCE IN
NOVEMBER.
NOVEMBER.
NOVEMBER. DEMOCRATICALLY, JAY INSLEE HAS
52% OF THE VOTE, SO FAR.
REPUBLIC WASHINGTON POLICE
CHIEF LAUREN CULP IS A SECOND-
PLACE.
PLACE.
PLACE. >>> OUR ELECTION COVERAGE, LIVE
IN OLYMPIA, DREW.
>> Reporter: THEY CALL THOSE
EARLIER RESULTS GRATIFYING, WHY
SHOULD IZZY BE ELECTED TO A
RARE THIRD TERM IN NOVEMBER, HE
SAID LOTS OF REASONS, HE KNOWS
HOW TO CREATE JOBS, HE MADE THE
TOUGH DECISION NEEDED WHEN THE
COVID CRISIS STARTED, AND HE
ALSO SAID HE SHARES THE VALUES
OF MOST WASHINGTONIANS.
>> WE WANT TO HAVE BETTER
HEALTHCARE, WE WANT TO HAVE
REASONABLE GUN SAFETY, WE WANT
TO HAVE CLEAN AIR AND CLEAN
WATER, AND FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE
AND THOSE ARE ALL THINGS WE
HAVE BEEN MAKING PROGRESS ON,
SO WE MADE TREMENDOUS PROGRESS
IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
>> THE GOVERNOR WATCH THE
RESULTS COMING IN FROM HIS HOME
AT THE EXECUTIVE MANSION IN
OLYMPIA, HE DID NOT ATTEND A
BIG RALLY UNLIKE HIS TOP
OPPONENT LAUREN CULP, WHO HAD
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE AT A RALLY.
THE GOVERNOR SAID THAT WAS MORE
THAN DISAPPOINTING IN THIS TYPE
OF COVID.
OF COVID.
OF COVID. >>> OUR EXCLUSIVE POLL OF
LIKELY NOVEMBER BUT IT SHOWS A
JAY INSLEE WOULD LIKELY BE
LAUREN CULP BY 30% SHOULD THE
SECURITY SPOT ON THE BALLOT.
THOSE DID NOT STOP CULP FROM
HOLDING AN ELECTION NIGHT
RALLY, WITHOUT SOCIAL
DISTANCING OR MASTER, KAILA ,
YOU JUST SPOKE WITH CULP, WHAT
DID HE HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE
RESULTS SO FAR TONIGHT?
>> Reporter: WE SPOKE WITH CULP
ABOUT AN HOUR OR SO AGO AND HE
SAID HE IS FEELING REALLY GOOD
ABOUT THE RESULTS OF OUR STAY
THERE IS STILL TIME LEFT
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. YOU CAN SEE WHAT IS GOING ON
YOU TONIGHT, THEY HAVE LIVE
MUSIC AND A LOT OF PEOPLE
GATHERED IN ONE OF THE BIG
THINGS PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT
IN TERMS OF THIS RALLY IS THE
FACT THAT IT DOES GO AGAINST
COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS, WHERE
THIS RALLY IS BEING HELD NEAR
LEAVENWORTH, IT IS STILL IN
PHASE ONE.
PHASE ONE. THAT MEANS NO GATHERINGS MORE
THAN FIVE PEOPLE AND FACE
COVERINGS REQUIRE.
COVERINGS REQUIRE. WE DID TALK WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE
WHO DROVE OUT FOR THIS RALLY,
ONE FROM SPOKANE AND ANOTHER
FROM CLARKSTON, WASHINGTON AND
THEY SAID THEY ARE HERE TO
SUPPORT CULP.
SUPPORT CULP. ALSO IN PROTEST OF THE
GOVERNOR'S MANDATES AND THEY
SAID
SAID
SAID >>
SAID >> A
SAID >> A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SAYING
THIS IS GOING AGAINST THE
GOVERNOR'S MANDATES, OUR GROUP
SIZE RESTRICTIONS AND STUFF
LIKE THAT, SO WHAT IS YOUR
RESPONSE?
RESPONSE?
RESPONSE? >> MY RESPONSE IS THAT WE ARE
FREE AMERICANS, AND IT'S A
PERSONAL CHOICE.
PERSONAL CHOICE. PEOPLE WANT TO WEAR A MASK,
THEY CAN WEAR A MASK.
ARTICLE ONE, SECTION 7 OF THE
WASHINGTON STATE CONSTITUTION
GIVES US THE RIGHT, IT SAYS NO
CITIZEN SHALL BE DISTURBED IN
THEIR PRIVATE AFFAIRS.
>> Reporter: THE TURNOUT
TONIGHT IS ABOUT 1500 PEOPLE,
AND CULP SAID HE FEELS GREAT
ABOUT THAT.
ABOUT THAT. HE FEELS ABOUT THE RESULTS
COMING IN SO FAR.
KAILA LAFFERTY, KING 5'S.
>>> AT 9:00 TONIGHT WE TALKED
WITH REPUBLICAN PARTY CHAIR,
CALEB HIGH, I ASKED IF HE
THOUGHT WEARING A MASK DURING
THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC WAS A
POLITICAL OR A PUBLIC HEALTH
STATEMENT.
STATEMENT. >> I THINK UNFORTUNATELY
GOVERNOR INSLEE HAS MADE IT A
POLITICAL ISSUE, THE WAY HE HAS
ALLEGES SINCE MARCH, WHEN HE
CHOSE WHICH BUSINESSES TO OPEN,
WHICH TO CLOSE, AND LABELING
SOME WORKERS ESSENTIAL SOME
NONESSENTIAL.
NONESSENTIAL. UNFORTUNATELY, HIS FAILURE TO
LEAD IN A BIPARTISAN FASHION,
HE STILL HASN'T CALLED THE
LEGISLATURE BACK INTO A SPECIAL
SESSION.
SESSION.
SESSION. MANY DEMOCRATS ARE SAYING WE
SHOULD BE IN A SPECIAL SESSION
RIGHT NOW, BUT WHEN GOVERNOR
INSLEE CHOOSES TO FORGE AHEAD
BY HIMSELF, THAT TURNS PEOPLE
OFF AND THAT MAKES IT A
POLITICAL ISSUE, SO
UNFORTUNATELY, HIS POLARIZING
LEADERSHIP HAS DIVIDED OUR
STATE ON THIS ISSUE.
>> TONIGHT OUR CHRIS DANIELS
TALKED WITH THE CHAIR OF THE
DEMOCRATIC STATE PARTY CHAIR
ABOUT THE EARLY NUMBERS, TAKE A
LOOK.
LOOK.
LOOK. TINA BOBBY DESKINS, THE HEAD OF
THE WASHINGTON STATE DEMOCRATS,
TINA WHAT IS YOUR INITIAL
REACTION TO THIS FIRST NUMBERS
ON THE PRIMARY ELECTION NIGHT?
>> IT IS A GOOD NIGHT FOR
DEMOCRATS ALL ACROSS THE STATE
OF WASHINGTON, WE ARE EXCITED
ABOUT THE RACES WE ARE SEEING.
OBVIOUSLY GOVERNOR INSLEE IS
MARCHING TOWARD REELECTION, AND
WE HAVE RACES UP AND DOWN THE
BALLOT THAT LOOK GREAT FOR US.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE
REPUBLICAN CHALLENGES, TO
GOVERNOR INSLEE, IT LOOKS LIKE
LAUREN CULP, THE POLICE CHIEF
OF REPUBLIC WASHINGTON.
HE APPEARS TO BE IN THE LEAD.
>> YOU KNOW, WASHINGTONIANS
HAVE GIVEN DONALD TRUMP THE
LOWEST APPROVAL RATING IN A
CENTURY, AND THEY'RE NOT GOING
TO LIKE TRUMP LOVING LAUREN
CULP ANY BETTER.
TRUMP HAS OPPOSED AN INSULT TO
GOVERNOR INSLEE AND PUBLIC
HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY GO AHEAD
AND DON'T WEAR MASKS, YOU CAN
TAKE YOUR MASK AND DO YOU KNOW
WHAT WITH IT.
SO WE THINK THAT WASHINGTON
VOTERS WILL DO YOU KNEW WHAT
WITH LAUREN CULP IN THE
NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION.
>> WHAT YOU MAKE OF SOME OF
THESE OTHER RACES, SECRETARY OF
STATE THERE WAS A HUGE STRING
WITH GAIL TARLETON, AND THE
FORMER PORT OF SEATTLE
COMMISSIONER, AND ONE OF THE
HIGHEST REPUBLICANS TO HOLD
OFFICE ON THE WEST COAST, HUGE
SWING THERE BUT IT LOOKS LIKE
IT IS CLOSE, WHAT DOES THAT
MEAN FOR DEMOCRATS IN THE FALL?
>> I THINK IT IS REALLY GREAT
FOR DEMOCRATS IN THE FALL, IN
THAT PARTICULAR RACE BECAUSE IT
STILL CONTINUES TO PULL CLOSE
AND I KNOW WE HAVE MORE VOTES
LEFT TO BE CAPTURED IF YOU
THINK ABOUT ALL THE PHOTOS THAT
ARE IN THE DOOR, THIS PRIMARY
IS TRENDING HIGHER THAN
CERTAINLY THAN THE 2016 PRIMARY
AND IT WILL BE HIGHER THAN THE
2018 PRIMARY.
2018 PRIMARY. YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY, WHEN
PEOPLE VOTE DEMOCRATS WHEN, SO
WE WILL TURN OUT EVERY VOTE
THAT WE CAN.
>> HOW MUCH OF THE DISAPPROVAL
RATING OF THE PRESIDENT AND
WASHINGTON STATE, FACTORS INTO
THESE NUMBERS TONIGHT?
HOW WILL IT FACTOR IN HOW YOU
APPROACH SOME OF THESE RACES IN
THE FALL?
THE FALL?
THE FALL? >> I THINK IT WILL FACTOR THEM
BRAVELY, A LOT OF THESE ARE
REPUBLICANS WHO HAVE SAID THAT
THEY SUPPORT DONALD TRUMP.
AND IT IS CLEAR THAT THEY ARE
NOT GOING TO SEPARATE
THEMSELVES FROM DONALD TRUMP,
SO WHY SHOULD WE TRY TO?
GOVERNOR INSLEE AND DEMOCRATS
HAVE BEEN DOING ALL THEY CAN TO
KEEP PEOPLE SAFE, AND TRUMP,
WITH THE FEDERAL ISSUES THAT
HAVE BEEN PLACED ON KEEPING
PEOPLE SAFE DURING THIS
PANDEMIC, NOT BEING A PART OF
THESE ISSUES, THAT IS GOING TO
BE SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO
COME INTO PLAY AND WILL STILL
BE HERE IN NOVEMBER.
>> TINA, THE WASHINGTON CHAIR,
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. >> HERE IS WHERE THE LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR RACES DENNY, DENNY
HECK IS OFF TO A HEALTHY LEAD
OVER MARCO LIESSE AND DAVISON
STATLER.
STATLER.
STATLER. NEARLY A DOZEN CANDIDATES LINED
UP TO TAKE