After weeks of will-they-won’t-they buildup, Democratic sen. Patty Murray and Republican Tiffany Smiley did, in fact, debate on Sunday night at Gonzaga University. And the first face-to-face arguments in one of Washington’s most riveting midterm races were as heated as you would expect in our polarized political climate.
One of the more contentious exchanges came when moderator Laurel Demkovich of The Spokesman-Review asked about the findings of the January 6 committee. Murray described being locked down in her office at the Capitol with insurrectionists closing in. The five-term incumbent “realized, for the first time in my life, that our democracy doesn’t happen just because you think it’s there. Our democracy is something you
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