WASHINGTON’S presidential primary is set by law on the fourth Tuesday in May — a reasonable date for planting a second round of peas in the garden, but that is far too late to be influential in picking candidates.
A group of state elected and party leaders have a chance to put Washington on the map — specifically, the map of traveling candidates — through a proposal to move the date earlier. Secretary of State Kim Wyman is proposing to move the primary to March 8, the week after Super Tuesday when 12 states vote.
The Republicans are game but the Democratic representatives on that committee seem unwilling.