Ex-US 弁護士／代理人／検事, who appeared on '生存者,' to 直面する 明言する／公表する 上院議員 in Washington AG race
SEATTLE (AP) - Nick Brown, who recently stepped 負かす／撃墜する as U.S. 弁護士／代理人／検事 in Seattle, 発表するd Wednesday he's running to be Washington's next 弁護士／代理人／検事 general, setting up a contest with 明言する／公表する Sen. Manka Dhingra, a longtime 検察官，検事 herself.
Brown, 46, served いっそう少なく than two years as the 最高の，を越す 連邦の 検察官，検事 for western Washington before stepping 負かす／撃墜する in June in 予期 of the （選挙などの）運動をする. He was the 明言する／公表する's first 黒人／ボイコット U.S. 弁護士／代理人／検事.
The 民主党員 以前 worked as general counsel to Gov. Jay Inslee, as a litigation partner at a 目だつ Seattle 法律 会社／堅い and - in a いっそう少なく ありふれた 資格 for the 職業 - as a contestant on the second season of the reality show "生存者," which 空気／公表するd in 2001.
Dhingra, a Redmond 民主党員 who serves as 副 大多数 leader, is the only other 候補者 so far. She has been a 上級の 副 検察官，検事 in King 郡 for the past 20 years and helped train police in 危機 介入.
司法長官 （頭が）ひょいと動く Ferguson, who 伸び（る）d a 国家の profile by challenging the travel 禁止（する） and other 政策s of former 大統領 Donald Trump, kicked off an 探検の／予備の （選挙などの）運動をする for 知事 in May after Inslee said he wouldn't 捜し出す a fourth 称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語.
Dhingra and Brown each said they hope to build on Ferguson's 遺産／遺物 and would work to 割れ目 負かす／撃墜する on gun 暴力／激しさ, 保護する abortion 接近 and stand up to 会社／団体s who take advantage of 消費者s.
FILE - U.S. 弁護士／代理人／検事 for Western Washington Nick Brown 提起する／ポーズをとるs outside the U.S. Courthouse on Oct. 19, 2021, in Seattle. Brown, a former contestant on the reality show "生存者," and U.S. 弁護士／代理人／検事 for Western Washington has 公式に 開始する，打ち上げるd his （選挙などの）運動をする to run for 明言する／公表する 弁護士／代理人／検事 general. On Wednesday, July 12, 2023, Brown 発表するd he is running to 取って代わる Washington 司法長官 （頭が）ひょいと動く Ferguson, who kicked off an 探検の／予備の （選挙などの）運動をする for 知事 in May, one day after Gov. Jay Inslee said he wouldn't 捜し出す a fourth 称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, とじ込み／提出する)
"Under （頭が）ひょいと動く Ferguson´s leadership, more and more people have realized the 可能性のある of this office and how it can 前向きに／確かに 衝撃 people´s lives," Dhingra said. "It´s important to have the next 弁護士／代理人／検事 general who is a 闘士，戦闘機, who will stand up for people´s 権利s and 確実にする that we are 保護するing people and taking care of people."
Brown, a former 裁判官 支持する general in the Army, served as Inslee's general counsel from 2013-17 - a period when the 明言する／公表する dealt with コンビナート／複合体 合法的な 問題／発行するs that 含むd the 知事's 支払い猶予／一時停止 on the 死刑 and the 設立 of a 開拓するing 合法的な マリファナ 産業. The position gave him insight into the workings of the 弁護士／代理人／検事 general's office, he said.
"What´s really important for this 職業 is to be able to 攻撃する，衝突する the ground running the very first day," Brown said. "When I was a U.S. 弁護士／代理人／検事, we had 150 従業員s and a $15 million 予算 - and I´ve been in 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 and led there and led in the 知事´s office and led in my time in the Army."
Brown was an assistant U.S. 弁護士／代理人／検事 in Seattle for six years before going to the 知事's office.
Brown said that as U.S. 弁護士／代理人／検事, he sought to 戦闘 cybercrime, the fentanyl 危機, gun 暴力／激しさ and human trafficking, while also 強調するing civil 権利s. He has called 犯罪の 起訴 a "blunt 器具" and 示唆するd that 司法（官） also 要求するs more creative approaches.
Dhingra 特記する／引用するd her work on helping to 設立する 退役軍人s and mental health 法廷，裁判所s; sponsoring 法律s to 禁止（する） 強襲，強姦 武器s and ghost guns; and working to create strong privacy 保護s for 極度の慎重さを要する reproductive and health care data.
FILE - Manka Dhingra, 候補者 for 45th 地区 上院 seat, 提起する／ポーズをとるs at her （選挙などの）運動をする （警察，軍隊などの）本部 in Redmond, Wash., on Aug. 22, 2017. Nick Brown, who recently stepped 負かす／撃墜する as U.S. 弁護士／代理人／検事 in Seattle, 発表するd Wednesday, July 12, 2023, he's running to be Washington's next 弁護士／代理人／検事 general, setting up a contest with Dhingra, a longtime 検察官，検事 herself. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, とじ込み／提出する)
