(The Center Square) – A pool of eight candidates to be Washington state’s next insurance commissioner has been narrowed down to two following Tuesday’s primary election. State Sens. Patty Kuderer and Phil Fortunato, a Democrat and Republican, respectively, are leading in the race, with Kuderer way out in front with about 45% of the vote to Fortunato’s 28%, an impressive showing for having less than one-sixth of his opponent’s campaign contributions. “I said spend every single penny we have because it’s not going to do me any good to have money there if we lost the primary,” Fortunato told The …