OLYMPIA, Wash. – Nick Brown, who recently stepped down as U.S. attorney in Seattle, announced he is running to be Washington’s next attorney general.

His announcement sets up a contest with state Senator Manka Dhingra, a longtime prosecutor herself.

Brown served less than two years as the top federal prosecutor for western Washington before stepping down in June in anticipation of the campaign.

He was the state’s first Black U.S. attorney.

Brown previously worked as general counsel to Governor Jay Inslee and, in a less common qualification for the job, as a contestant on the second season of the reality show Survivor in 2001.

Dhingra, a Redmond Democrat who serves as deputy majority leader, is the only other candidate so far.

She has been a senior deputy prosecutor in King County for the past 20 years and helped train police in crisis intervention.

Attorney General Bob Ferguson kicked off an exploratory campaign for governor in May after Inslee said he would not seek a fourth term.