Gov Bob Ferguson annual luncheon Tim waltz guest
Executive summary
There is documented evidence of a luncheon event in December 2019 that featured then-Attorney General Bob Ferguson as the host and former Montana Governor Steve Bullock as the special guest speaker [1]. Available sources do not mention a separate “annual luncheon” hosted by Governor Bob Ferguson with Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as a guest; the provided records do not link Tim Walz to any Ferguson luncheon (not found in current reporting).
1. What the sources actually show about Ferguson luncheons
The clearest record in the provided material is an Indivisible Bainbridge Island event listing for November 2019 that promoted a December 3, 2019 luncheon to support Attorney General Bob Ferguson featuring special guest speaker Steve Bullock, then governor of Montana [1]. That listing identifies the occasion, date, time and location (Washington State Convention Center) and frames the gathering as a fundraising/support luncheon for Ferguson rather than an official gubernatorial “annual luncheon” [1].
2. No evidence here connecting Tim Walz to a Ferguson event
Among the search results you supplied, none mention Minnesota Governor Tim Walz attending or speaking at any luncheon for Bob Ferguson. The materials include a Ruckelshaus Center series of luncheons involving past Washington attorneys general and governors [2] and multiple Ferguson-related pages (biographical, campaign and event-invitation pages) but do not show Tim Walz’s name or attendance [2] [3] [4]. Therefore, claims that Tim Walz was a guest at a Bob Ferguson annual luncheon are not supported by the available reporting (not found in current reporting).
3. Context on Ferguson’s public events and roles
The listed sources show Ferguson appearing at and being the subject of a range of public events: the Ruckelshaus Center’s Statespersonship luncheons featured panels with Washington attorneys general including Ferguson in 2019 [2], and Ferguson later became governor in 2025 according to biographical references [5] [6]. He also spoke to business groups at legislative-day luncheons in early 2025 as governor [7]. Those items demonstrate Ferguson’s frequent participation in and hosting of politically oriented luncheons, but they do not document a recurring “annual luncheon” series hosted by him with a pattern of out-of-state gubernatorial guests [2] [7].
4. Possible sources of confusion — multiple luncheon series exist
The Ruckelshaus Center’s “Statespersonship” luncheons (which have featured governors and attorneys general in different years) could be conflated with fundraising or campaign luncheons organized by local groups such as Indivisible Bainbridge Island [2] [1]. The Ruckelshaus events are organized by a university-affiliated policy center and have bipartisan panels [2]. The Indivisible listing explicitly framed the Dec. 3, 2019 event as a support luncheon for then-Attorney General Ferguson with Steve Bullock as guest [1]. Mixing these different series could produce the impression of a single “annual luncheon” hosted by Ferguson that regularly attracted out‑of‑state governors, but the sources do not substantiate that narrative [2] [1].
5. What’s not in the provided reporting and what that means
The provided dataset includes Ferguson biographies, a Ballotpedia entry noting he became governor in 2025 [5] [6], and event pages, but it does not include any listing, news article, or official schedule tying Tim Walz to a Bob Ferguson luncheon. Because our sourcing rule requires relying only on the supplied material, I cannot confirm Tim Walz’s participation; available sources do not mention it (not found in current reporting). If you have a specific date or additional documentation (press release, photo, local news item), that could be checked against these records.
6. Recommended next steps to verify the claim
Check contemporaneous news coverage or official event pages for the specific year you have in mind: local Seattle/State press archives, the Washington governor’s office event calendar, Tim Walz’s public schedule, and photo/social-media posts from the event date. In the current provided sources, the only concrete luncheon guest tied to a Ferguson event is Steve Bullock on Dec. 3, 2019 [1].