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October 25, 2004

WA 5 and 8: The good, the bad and the ugly

The race in Washington's 8th Congressional District appears to solidly moving for Dave Ross, the Democrat. Ross has been in a tough race with former sheriff Reichert. But Republican Reichert can't seem to gain traction in a district that's Progressive. This open GOP seat will very likely go Democrat on November 2.

The Washington District 5 race is looking less a winner for the Democrats. Barbieri's (D) own polls show him behind Cathy McMorris (R) by 5 points. The race is seen as very tight however, and the national Republicans just made a tactical error. The National Chamber of Commerce has been sending out attack mailings against Barbieri on an issue that the local Spokane Chamber of Commerce (that Barbieri used to lead) embraced. The ultimate outcome of this error is yet unknown but it may eat into McMorris' lead. This one is probably going to be a nailbiter.

Posted by Carla at October 25, 2004 09:38 AM