In a ruling Thursday, a Washington judge rejected an effort to exclude former President Trump from the state's primary and popular votes.
The ruling by Superior Court Judge Mary Sue Wilson of Thurston County, Washington, according to the challenge From a group of residents challenging President Trump's eligibility to vote under the 14th Amendment.
Wilson said he found Secretary of State Steve Hobbs (D).acted in accordance with one's duties'', the Secretary of State's Office confirmed.
“An order directing the Secretary of State to take other action, an order from this court, is simply not supported by statute and is not supported by an elector's affidavit,” Wilson wrote in the ruling. I mentioned it inside.
Hobbs said in a statement Thursday that he was “grateful” that Wilson recognized that he and his staff had “worked in full compliance” with state law in the run-up to the presidential primary.
State Representative Jim Walsh, leader of the Washington State Republican Party, said: celebrated Court decisions regarding social media.
“Some will say this is about Trump, but we say it's about the democratic process,” Walsh wrote on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. “And it's a victory for democracy today.”
The Washington state primary election is March 12th.
The challenge joins several others across the country that claim President Trump participated in the riot through his role in the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot and should be excluded from the vote as a result. One of them.
Most of the challenges were unsuccessful, but in two states, Colorado and Maine, state supreme courts and top election officials decided to remove Trump's name from those states' primary ballots.
Mr. Trump has appealed Colorado's decision to the U.S. Supreme Court, which will take up the case starting in February. Mayne's case was appealed to the state's high court, and the judge in charge of the case ruled Wednesday to postpone sentencing until the U.S. Supreme Court considers the controversy.
The former president leads Republican candidates by wide margins in both national and state-level polls, and trailed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis by nearly 30 points in the Iowa caucuses earlier this week, according to Decision Desk Headquarters. He easily won by a huge margin. Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley followed closely behind.
All eyes are now on New Hampshire, which will hold its primary on Tuesday. Trump leads the Granite State with a 44.4% approval rating, according to The Hill and Decision Desk Headquarters polling index, but Haley has narrowed the gap in recent weeks to just the former president's 34.7%. This is a difference of approximately 9.7 points.
Trump holds a comfortable 49.8 point lead in national polls, according to The Hill and Decision Desk Headquarters' polling index.
— Updated at 4:29 p.m.
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