Slade Gorton, a former legislator, attorney general, the only person to be elected to both of Washington’s U.S. Senate seats and an icon in state politics for decades, died Wednesday at 92. “The state ...

Former U.S. Sen. Slade Gorton died Aug. 19 in Seattle at age 92. Gorton’s political career spanned 40 years in Washington state and Washington, D.C. He won his first legislative seat in 1958 soon ...

SEATTLE – You’re probably not going to see a statue of Slade Gorton erected in Seattle. It is unlikely the man signed any autographs for children or adoring fans, either. But if you want to talk about ...

FILE - In this June 19, 2017, file photo, former U.S. Sen. Slade Gorton throws out the ceremonial first pitch before a baseball game between the Seattle Mariners and the Detroit Tigers in Seattle.

EVERETT — He’d long admired him from afar, but it wasn’t until last year that Marysville Mayor Jon Nehring finally met former U.S. Sen. Slade Gorton in person. Gorton, then 91, seemed genuinely ...

Slade Gorton’s 50-year political career included serving as Washington’s Attorney General, saving Major League Baseball in Seattle, helping to ban orca whale captures in Washington waters, serving in ...

Try to imagine the horror that swept Seattle on Oct. 27, 1986, when U.S. Sen. Slade Gorton paid a campaign visit to the Tri-Cities. At a Pasco Chamber of Commerce luncheon, the Republican incumbent ...

More than 40 years after dealing with the topic as a state legislator, Republican Slade Gorton is headed back to redistricting in Washington. Senate Republicans named Gorton – a former lawmaker, ...

Former U.S. Sen. Slade Gorton died Aug. 19 in Seattle at age 92. Gorton’s political career spanned 40 years in Washington state and Washington, D.C. He won his first legislative seat in 1958 soon ...

You’re probably not going to see a statue of Slade Gorton erected in Seattle. It is unlikely the man signed any autographs for children or adoring fans, either. But if you want to talk about baseball ...

SEATTLE — Slade Gorton, former Republican U.S. senator from Washington state, died at the age of 92 in his home Wednesday. Gorton's 1994 election was the last time any Republican was elected to be a ...