On Tuesday October 17 at 9pm, GOP challenger Mike McGavick will face off against incumbent Democratic Senator Maria Cantwell in a KING 5 televised debate.

I’d like to suggest one question for McGavick: Why is he covering up his track record at SAFECO?

The Democrats did a public records request earlier this year to take a look at the data behind a Washington state Office of the Insurance Commissioner report (mandated by the legislature) to look at the controversial insurance industry practice known as “credit scoring.” (Credit scoring involves looking at members credit histoy rather than things like driving records to drop them or raise rates.)

The practice is illegal in several states (including Florida where SAFECO, during McGavick’s tenure, got fined $35,000 for credit scoring.)

A Thurston County Superior Court judge (backed by Republican AG Rob McKenna) ruled that the Democrats had every right to see the credit scoring study. But SAFECO has appealed that decision, and now, the info—hung up in the courts—won’t be daylighted until after the election.

The Dems complain:

McGavick has made his career at Safeco a prominent issue in the campaign, but is apparently only willing to talk about profits and stock prices — not how he cancelled the insurance policies of Washingtonians with spotless driving records, many of whom were poor and minority customers, based on their personal credit history.

So, again, why doesn’t Mike McGavick want the public to know what the Office of the Insurance Commissioner knows about his tenure at SAFECO?

Any other questions for McGavick?