SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash., July 17, 2022 – Rep. Robert Sutherland (R-Granite Falls) who is running for re-election in the 39th Legislative District is again facing controversy from those within his own party, this time it involves allegations of false political advertising.
In a political mailer received by voters over the weekend, Rep. Sutherland claims he is endorsed by Snohomish County Sheriff Adam Fortney. After receiving emails from residents questioning the validity of the endorsement claim, the Lynnwood Times confirmed with Rep. Sutherland he never asked for the sheriff’s endorsement for 2022 and that this was an endorsement from his 2020 campaign run.
“I haven’t reached out to Adam to ask for his endorsement,” Rep. Sutherland told the Lynnwood Times. “The last line were endorsements from 2020, and I state that.”
The “last line” Sutherland is referring to is under a section of the mailer titled, “A FEW OF MY ENDORSEMENTS.” There he lists several endorsements but, in the list’s last line it reads: “Sheriff Fortney; NRA; WA Farm Bureau; CAPR (2020).”
Former Snohomish County Republican Chair Debbie Blodgett and other prominent Republican leaders shared with the Lynnwood Times that in their opinion Sutherland’s political mailer is misleading voters to assume he has the endorsement of Sheriff Fortney when in fact he does not.
“Rep. Sutherland is making false claims for some of his endorsements for the current year’s election,” Blodgett wrote in a statement to the Lynnwood...
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