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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sat Aug 1, 2020, 02:55 PM Aug 2020

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.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/police-chief-who-opposed-gun-initiative-runs-for-governor-as-law-and-order-candidate/ar-BB17qXK7?ocid=hplocalnews

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