The office of the Washington lieutenant governor is obscure enough that when its current occupant decamped to California to train as a Jesuit priest, the public didn’t notice July 15, 2025 ...

Lieutenant governor is the second-highest elected office in Washington state, and the next in the line of succession for governor. After a primary with nearly a dozen contenders, State Sen. Liias ...

Longtime Lt. Gov. Brad Owen is retiring from politics, which leaves the second-highest elected office in the state wide open. The 11 candidates who have filed will be reduced to the top two in the ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Congressman Denny Heck won the race for Washington state lieutenant governor. KING 5 called the race after early results show Heck leading State Sen. Marko Liias for the position.

Eight of the 11 candidates for lieutenant governor debate in June in Spokane. From left, Marty McClendon, Paul Addis, Sen. Karen Fraser, D-Olympia; Sen. Steve Hobbs, D-Lake Stevens; Bill Penor ...

Quick, name the lieutenant governor of your state without Googling it. Yep, we thought so. In most states, the No. 2 in command job is a pretty obscure one. It's more commonly thought of as a ...

Liias — who has raised about $167,000 — said he would bring a diverse perspective to the office since he is a millennial who would also be the state’s first openly gay lieutenant governor.