He’s not up for reelection for three years, but Gov. Bob Ferguson is raising a big early stash of campaign money — and he got help this week from the Democratic Party’s most-recent Vice Presidential contender.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who lost the 2024 race along with Democratic Presidential nominee Kamala Harris, headlined Ferguson’s big annual fundraiser, which drew more than a thousand people Tuesday to the Seattle Convention Center.

Both governors vowed to defend immigrant and refugee communities in their states, including Somalis who have been targeted with slurs and threats of deportation from President Donald Trump.

Walz said Minnesota is incredibly proud” to have more immigrants and refugees per capita than any other state. “And right now, our neighbors are being demonized. Our

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