Trump, Seattle-style politics debated as state Senate candidates meet in Redmond
Should voters elect a Democrat who some believe would reflect the leftward tilt of the Eastside's
Or should voters elect a Republican whose national standard-bearer is President
Just weeks away from the November general election, the candidates faced off in an auditorium at
A victory by Dhingra, a senior deputy prosecutor for
Dhingra promised to co-sponsor legislation supporting women's reproductive rights, including HB 1523, which would require that health plans provide coverage to services such as birth control at no cost to patients.
The bill passed the House on a bipartisan vote this year but stalled in the
"We will make sure that that bill gets passed," Dhingra told a crowd of several hundred at the debate, which was presented by Seattle CityClub and KIRO 7.
Englund, who has worked in the nonprofit, business and political worlds, railed against
"When I go door-to-door, I hear a lot of people say, 'Look, keep
Englund also argued that split control in
But Dhingra, like many Democratic lawmakers, has criticized this year's compromise plan to fully fund
Even as it drew a bipartisan vote, a slew of
Dhingra called for rolling back the property-tax hike by raising revenue through closure of business tax exemptions, or a tax on capital gains. Democratic lawmakers and Gov.
Englund has said she would have voted against the
The candidates split over whether they supported Democratic state Attorney General
"What I would like to see our attorney general do is focus on matters of the state," said Englund, such as contesting
When asked whether she supported Ferguson's lawsuits against the administration's immigrant travel ban and the decision to end a program that protects young undocumented immigrants know as Dreamers, Englund said, "I think the attorney general is stepping outside of his bounds ..."
Dhingra hailed Ferguson's resistance to Trump policy, saying, "I absolutely support our attorney general."
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