The Aerospace Futures Alliance made its first-ever political endorsement last month by the shores of Lake Union, basing its stand on education reform proposals by Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob McKenna.

McKenna was given a podium, although sitting in front of it was David Goldstein (aka Goldy) of The Stranger, the McKenna campaigns least-welcome reporter.

The industry group has, apparently, decided to spread its bets rather than doubling down. It has decided to endorse both McKenna and Democrat Jay Inslee, according to a report by Jim Brunner in The Seattle Times.

The official explanation has something to do with board members believing that Inslee was not available for an interview, and that he was finally able to sit down with them.

The unofficial word, noted by Brunner, is that powerful Democrats did not like the one-track endorsement. When Boeing won the U.S. Defense Dept. refueling tanker contract a generator of 11,000 jobs Inslee raised hands in triumph with Sens. Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray, D-Wash.

McKenna was asked by Jerry Cornfield of the Herald in Everett if the dual support carries less luster than the one-candidate endorsement.

Yes, he replied.

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Aerospace group takes both sides in governor’s race