Fare enforcement officers walk the platform at the Sodo light rail station in 2014. (Bettina Hansen / The Seattle Times)
Fare enforcement officers walk the platform at the Sodo light rail station in 2014. (Bettina Hansen / The Seattle Times)
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Daniel J. Evans, Seattle, State Representative; Republican nominee for governor Evans Prefers ‘Gov. Dan’ Washington’s governor-elect Thursday solved one of his weightier problems: It will be Gov. Dan Evans, not Gov. Daniel J. Evans said he preferred use of the less formal name in the news media. Credit: Robert Heilman,. 1964

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