Ex-Republican Sens. Gorton, Evans will not vote to reelect Trump
LEAVENWORTH -- The state's two most successful statewide Republican officeholders of recent decades said here that they will not vote to reelect President Donald Trump in 2020, and will seek a ballot alternative.
"I did not vote for him in 2016 and I will not vote for him in 2020," former three-term U.S. Sen. Slade Gorton told a Mainstream Republicans of Washington dinner on Saturday night.
Former Gov. and Sen. Dan Evans, also on hand, said after the dinner: "I cannot imagine circumstances under which I would vote for him."
"It would be nice to find a candidate that could win," Evans joked.
Evans and Gorton were at a conference that regularly boosts and raises money for Republican office seekers, and spotlights the party's rising talent. Evans also led a hike into the Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area, which he was instrumental in creating during his third term as Governor.
They represent a pragmatic, forward-looking Republicanism that used to win elections and unseat Democrats in Washington. Gorton was elected Attorney General three times before upsetting venerable Democratic U.S. Sen. Warren Magnuson in 1980.
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