“I don’t go where people say I should go, I go where I’m needed,” EL’ona Kearney said.
WASHINGTON, USA — EL’ona Kearney is tossing her hat in the ring to become Washington’s next governor. If elected, she will be the state’s third female governor and first Black governor.
Born to a military family in Florida, Kearney herself is an Army veteran. After moving around, she eventually planted roots in Washington in 2016.
“My cousin, he was living here when he got out of the Navy, and he was like, ‘Oh, come out here! We can start a business together!’” she recalled. “I moved up
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