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Hey there from the KUOW Newsroom. This is Seattle now. I'm Paige Browning. Here are today's

top stories. It's Wednesday, July 24th.

Washington's Secretary of State has certified initiative 2066 for the upcoming November

ballot. This initiative would repeal or prohibit certain laws that promote electric energy

and discourage methane use. It's one of four initiatives that voters statewide

will see on their ballots now, all of them backed by Republican donors. This measure, if passed

in November, would require utilities to provide natural gas to eligible customers.

In state election news, 28 people are vying to replace outgoing Governor Jay Inslee. And this

week, KUOW is getting to know the leading candidates. Democrat Bob Ferguson is ahead in the most

recent poll and has raised the most money. He's running on his record as state attorney general.

I transformed the AG's office to better serve the people, to create a civil rights division,

to create environmental enforcement division, to take on the Trump administration 99 times.

So we change the way we do business in the AG's office.

And frankly, the state needs to change how we do business.

The other leading Democrat in the race is state senator Mark Mullet, a small business owner

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