The Postman caught Congressman Dave Reichert’s (R-Auburn) name is on the “10 most vulnerable members of congress” list over on Roll Call. Josh Kurtz had this to say about Reichert:
It’s tough to go from hero cop to endangered incumbent in such a short stretch of time, but that’s the former King County sheriff’s fate in […]

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New numbers released by the Federal Election Commission (and as reported in today’s Seattle Times) show that Darcy Burner as raised $522,361 this year in the race for the 8th Congressional Distric. For his part, incumbent Republican Rep. Reichert has fallen behind, having raised $331,035. 
As reported in today’s P-I:
Burner has raised $1.37 million total for her current campaign while […]

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As noted by the P-I’s Joel Connelly (at the very bottom of his column on the Reichert-Burner race), there’s at least one other congressional race in Washington state that might be fairly close this fall:
Democrats hold most offices in Washington, but are hungry for more.
Picking off Reichert is their top priority. By contrast, just one […]

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The nonpartisan CQ Politics blog has changed its rating of the Wash. state governor’s and 8th Congresssional race, and it’s now reporting that the state’s Democrats have an edge over the GOP.
CQ have moved from its ”No Clear Favorite” to “Leans Democrat” for the governor’s race (Gregoire Rossi) and from “Leans Republican” to “No Clear Favorite” for the 8th […]

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