Randy Dorn Considering Independent Campaign for Governor

SEATTLE (AP) — Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy Dorn says he will decide in the next month whether he's going to run an independent campaign for Washington governor. Randy Dorn said on Monday the state needs more leadership to fix its education system from preschool through college. He has been elected twice as superintendent of public instruction and does not believe it would take a lot of money to launch a campaign for governor. He thinks the governor, for example, needs to present a financial plan to fully pay the cost of basic education in Washington's public schools. Dorn says the Legislature hasn't finished its work in this area and needs more leadership to answer the Supreme Court's 2012 McCleary decision and get the state out of contempt.