Controversial ex-WA lawmaker attempts comeback for Republican-held seat
Former state representative Robert Sutherland, a conservative Republican whose brashness and spread of election conspiracies marked his four years in office, is mounting a comeback weeks after revealing plans to move from Washington.
Sutherland said Friday he is “currently in the race” to succeed retiring Rep. Carolyn Eslick, R-Sultan, in the 39th Legislative District, encompassing parts of Snohomish and Skagit counties.
He joins Republican Steve Ewing and Democrats Ida Keeley and David Garrett in seeking to fill the opening created with Eslick’s March announcement that she would not seek re-election.
Sutherland declared his candidacy April 18 at a meeting of Snohomish County Republican Party leaders, less than a month after announcing on Facebook that he and his wife had bought a retirement home in Idaho and “our days here in WA are numbered, I am sad to say.”
https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/04/27/controversial-ex-wa-lawmaker-attempts-comeback-for-republican-held-seat/
Oh come on. You really owe it to yourself to enjoy your retirement.