Police chief who opposed gun initiative runs for governor as 'law and order' candidate
Can a small-town police chief defy conventional political norms and advance to the statewide general election this fall?
Republic Police Chief Loren Culp appears to have as good a chance as any candidate looking to take on incumbent Gov. Jay Inslee. The Republican candidate has raised more than $1 million, and has been sneaking up the polls, including the most recent exclusive KING 5 statewide survey of likely voters.
Win or lose, it's an unusual journey for the chief of a town of 1,100 people.
"There was a series of events that just happened in my life," he said during an interview this week.
In short, Culp declined to enforce voter-approved Initiative 1639, which tightened gun laws.
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