It’s arduous to overstate simply how excessive the stakes are within the 2024 election cycle. Whereas a lot of the eye is understandably directed towards governor and president, Democrats must do properly on down-ballot races in the event that they wish to keep management over the “laboratories of democracy” and struggle again in opposition to the extremism sweeping the nation.
Seattle voters are frightened in regards to the economic system and public security, with crime and homelessness an amazing concern. Washingtonians have been clamoring for progress on these points for years, and the GOP has made each of them central marketing campaign themes on the state and nationwide degree.
Blue states’ high regulation enforcement officers ought to hold that in thoughts because the Democratic Attorneys Normal Affiliation meets for its coverage convention in Seattle this week. Excessive Republican attorneys basic like Texas’ Ken Paxton would love nothing greater than to pull Democrats into the tradition wars and enlist them in battles in opposition to immigrants, tech corporations, and reproductive freedoms.
Democrats ought to keep above the fray and diligently tackle the problems that voters care about most. Cut back crime; decrease costs; win handily in November.
Dan Telford, Renton
