Joseph O’Sullivan of The Seattle Times writes on the Alliance for Gun Responsibility Victory Fund’s Primary Election endorsements:

The organization that successfully fought for expanded gun-purchase background checks in a 2014 state ballot measure is diving into this year’s elections with candidate endorsements.

The Alliance for Gun Responsibility on Tuesday announced 39 endorsements for legislative candidates before the Aug. 2 primary.

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The organization is giving $1,000 each to 28 of its endorsed candidates, said spokeswoman Joanna Paul. A handful of others will receive smaller amounts.

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The endorsed candidates support I-1491 and are committed in other ways to prevent gun violence and strengthen gun-regulation laws, according to a news release by the [A]lliance.

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