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Dems make 3rd try against Reichert
The Democrats have come within five points of knocking off Rep. Dave Reichert (R-Wash.) in the past two cycles and they have a candidate ready to take a third shot. Former Microsoft executive Suzan DelBene has a strikingly similar résumé to that of Darcy Burner, the candidate who gave Reichert ...
New radio ad targets Reichert
horsesass.org — The conventional wisdom in political circles is that incumbents like Dave Reichert should become more secure the... longer they hold office, but it’s beginning to look like the third-term Republican is becoming even more of a DCCC target than he ... (more) New radio ad targets Reichert
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SSP Daily Digest: 3/6
Swing State Project — ... ? WA-08: Darcy Burner makes it official that she won't be running a third time in WA-08; she throws her endorsement behind Suzan DelBene, another former Microsoft exec who hasn't run for office before. Don't expect DelBene to have the primary field to herself, though. ...

AUC to target 5 GOPers with radio ads
News — ... that they planned to spend $5 to $7 million on the effort, which they said will be the "biggest grassroots campaign in history." The ads will target Reps. Thaddeus McCotter (R-Mich.), Dave Reichert (R-Wash.), Charlie Dent (R-Pa.), Mike Castle (R-Del.) and another yet to be named. Here is the audio of the ad that will air in McCotter's district. (Just as a side note, we had a story today about Reichert and Democrats targetting him already for 2010. This ad is just another sign of that.) ...

New radio ad targets Reichert
HorsesAss.Org — ... The conventional wisdom in political circles is that incumbents like Dave Reichert should become more secure the longer they hold office, but it’s beginning to look like the third-term Republican is becoming even more of a DCCC target than he was the previous two elections.  Reichert already has a challenger in the form of a female, ex-Microsoft executive (and no, her name isn’t Darcy Burner), and now finds himself one of only five Republican incumbents being ...

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