State Lands Commissioner Franz Announces Run For Governor

State Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz has announced her intention to run for governor of Washington.  Our current governor, Jay Inslee has recently said he would not seek an unprecedented 4th term in the position.  

Franz is expected to be joined in the race by Attorney General Bob Ferguson, who has announced that he is forming an exploratory committee, which seems like a way of saying that an announcement of candidacy is forth coming.  Franz will have the challenge of finding a way of stepping out of the shadow of the much higher profiled AG.