The Election-Interference Merry-Go-Round

In October, 2020, Bob Ferguson, the attorney general of Washington State, launched an initiative to combat "election interference." A press release noted Donald Trump's repeated claims that the coming election would be "rigged" against him, leading many of Ferguson's constituents to fear that the result was being delegitimized in advance. In response, Ferguson pledged to defend "the longstanding American tradition of a peaceful transition of power." This year, Ferguson ran for governor of Washington, as a Democrat. So, too, did Bob Ferguson, and Bob Ferguson.