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Marathon Match: Longest US Open match since at least 1970 goes a grueling 5 hours, 35 minutes
Read full article: Marathon Match: Longest US Open match since at least 1970 goes a grueling 5 hours, 35 minutesDan Evans has won the longest match at the U.S. Open since tiebreakers were introduced in 1970, beating Karen Khachanov 6-7 (6), 7-6 (2), 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-4 in 5 hours, 35 minutes.
Slade Gorton, former Washington US senator, dies at 92
Read full article: Slade Gorton, former Washington US senator, dies at 92FILE - In this Aug. 30, 2006, file photo, former Republican Sen. Slade Gorton, center, is introduced at a fundraiser for Republican Senate candidate Mike McGavick in Bellevue, Wash. Gorton, who served in the Washington Legislature, and as state attorney general before he became a three-term U.S. senator, has died. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)SEATTLE Slade Gorton, a patrician and cerebral politician who served as a U.S. Senate Republican leader before he was ousted by the growing Seattle-area liberal electorate in 2000, has died. Gorton died Wednesday in Seattle, said J. Vander Stoep, who served a Gorton's chief of staff in the Senate. In 1980, he won a coveted U.S. Senate seat by knocking off the legendary Maggie Warren G. Magnuson, appropriations committee chairman and Senate president. But within a year, Evans decided to vacate the other Senate seat, and Gorton launched his comeback.
Inslee advances in Washington gubernatorial primary
Read full article: Inslee advances in Washington gubernatorial primaryJay Inslee advanced Tuesday in Washington's primary election as he seeks to become the first incumbent elected to a third term in the state in more than 40 years. At such a pivotal moment, Washington state needs the opposite of Trump-style chaos, Inslee said in a statement. We need strong, steady leadership united around our common goals and values.More than 30 other people also ran in the gubernatorial primary, vying to face Inslee in November, when he'll be a heavy favorite. Governors in Washington state arent subject to term limits, though most havent served more than two terms. Inslee is a former congressman and served as Democratic Governors Association chairman in 2018.