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Duane Davidson, our state treasurer, firmly supports building upon Washington’s existing structure of banking and does not support the creation of a state bank because of the higher risk and lower return on investment compared to the current private banking system.

State banks are not FDIC insured. Duane takes his fiduciary responsibility seriously serving on the board of the public employee retirement accounts. Also, as guardian of Washington’s local government investment funds and rainy day fund, he has a deep-rooted interest in doing the right thing by protecting Washingtonians’ fi...