Candidate for King County Executive Susan Hutchison has challenged her top vote-getting competitor, West Seattle resident Dow Constantine to a series of televised debates. Both will move on from the Aug. 18 primary to the November general election.
Susan Hutchison, one of the top two leading candidates in the Aug. 18 primary election for King County Executive, has officially challenged her competition, King County Council Chairman and West Seattle resident Dow Constantine, to a series of televised debates.
Hutchison officially made the challenge on KUOW's "The Conversation."
“I would like to recommend three televised debates in the months ahead before the election," she said
According to a release from her campaign, Hutchison, a former at KIRO-TV anchor, said, “The primary election was a mandate for change. Voters are fed up with the irresponsible spending and mismanagement of county government and want to know how we intend to implement reform. More importantly, they want to know where chairman Constantine has been for the past seven years and how he allowed county government to accumulate a projected $110 million budget deficit.”
Sandeep Kaushik who works on Constantine's campaign has said the council chair welcomes the chance to debate Hutchison.
