The 2016 AWB Spring Meeting's theme, "A Vote for Business," helped set the tone for the friendly conversations during the receptions held between discussions and events. (Photo by Brian Mittge/AWB)

The 2016 AWB Spring Meeting's theme, "A Vote for Business," helped set the tone for the friendly conversations during the receptions held between discussions and events. (Photo by Brian Mittge/AWB)

The 2016 AWB Spring Meeting's theme, "A Vote for Business," helped set the tone for the friendly conversations during the receptions held between discussions and events. (Photo by Brian Mittge/AWB)

Election forecast moderator Renee Radcliff Sinclair and panelists (l to r) Jim Camden, Olympia bureau chief for The Spokesman-Review; Bob Moore, principal of Moore Information, Inc.; and Stuart Elway, owner of Elway Research, Inc. (Photo: Brian Mittge/AWB)

Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Bryant shares his vision for Washington state at AWB's annual Spring Meeting in Spokane June 14. (Photo: Brian Mittge/AWB)

Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Bryant shares his vision for Washington state at AWB's annual Spring Meeting in Spokane June 14. (Photo: Brian Mittge/AWB)

Daniel Kittle, of Lane Powell PC, gives the Leadership Washington graduation address during the 2016 AWB Spring Meeting in Spokane. (Photo by Brian Mittge/AWB)

Daniel Kittle, of Lane Powell PC, gives the Leadership Washington graduation address during the 2016 AWB Spring Meeting in Spokane. (Photo by Brian Mittge/AWB)

2016 Spring Meeting keynote speakers Margaret Hoover and her husband, John Avlon, look at a historic photo of her great-grandfather, Herbert Hoover, that hangs in the Davenport Hotel in Spokane. Herbert Hoover was secretary of commerce when the photo was taken in the late 1920s, shortly before he was elected president. (Photo by Brian Mittge/AWB)

Margaret Hoover and John Avlon discuss the national political scene during their keynote address at AWB's 2016 Spring Meeting at The Historic Davenport Hotel in Spokane June 14. (Photo by Brian Mittge/AWB)

The 2016 AWB Spring Meeting's theme, "A Vote for Business," helped set the tone for the friendly conversations during the receptions held between discussions and events. (Photo by Brian Mittge/AWB)