Only time will tell – about seven months from now – if a recent Echelon Insights poll that has GOP gubernatorial candidate Dave Reichert up nine points over Democratic Attorney General Bob Ferguson in a head-to-head matchup will translate at the ballot box.

This November, Evergreen State voters will decide everything from three-term Gov. Jay Inslee’s successor to three initiatives that call for repealing the state’s Climate Commitment Act, capital gains tax, and letting people opt out of the state’s long-term care program.

Alexandria, Virginia-based pollster Echelon Insights, on behalf of Concerned Taxpayers of Washington state, conducted the survey of 600 registered voters in the state “aged 18 or older.” They were interviewed “from March 18-21, 2024, using a mix of live telephone calls (30% landline) and text to online (70%), matched to the L2 Washington voter file.”