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WA-08: CQ: GOP Incumbent Under Fire From Burner; Race Now A Toss Up

CQ Politics has changed its rating for the race between GOP Rep. Dave Reichert and Dem Darcy Burner from "Leans Republcian" to "No Clear Favorite":

Democrat Darcy Burner’s challenge to freshman Republican Rep. Dave Reichert in Washington’s 8th District has become one of the year’s key battleground races -- as evidenced by the fact that the national parties poured nearly $1 million dollars into this contest in the last two weeks...

Independent polls indicate that Burner, a former Microsoft executive making her first bid for public office, is gaining ground in this partisan swing district in suburban Seattle.

Reichert has positioned himself as a moderate from the beginning of his tenure, but recently boldly underlined his reputation as a “centrist” in his releases...

The National Republican Congressional Committee -- the GOP’s national House campaign unit — spent at least $728,000 from Sept. 29 through Oct. 9 on an independent expenditure campaign opposing Burner.

CQ's full analysis here. Meanwhile, CQ has also changed the ratiing in Oregon's 5th District race between Dem Rep. Darlene Hooley and GOPer Mike Erickson from "Safe Democratic" to "Democrat Favored."


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