Ferguson fills seat on WA campaign watchdog panel as recall effort looms

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson has appointed Matt Segal, a founding partner of the Pacifica Law Group and former King County Superior Court judge, to the commission that enforces state campaign finance laws.

Segal, whose firm serves as Ferguson’s private counsel, was appointed April 16 to the state Public Disclosure Commission. His first meeting will be May 28.

His selection came two weeks after the launch of a recall effort against Ferguson for allowing two of the commission’s five seats to remain unfilled for months. One had been open for nearly all of Ferguson’s term, which began in January last year.

The longshot petition to remove the first-term governor from office accused Ferguson of misfeasance and violating his oath of office by failing to fill the seats within a timeline prescribed in state law. Ferguson is due to file a formal response to the petition Friday.

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