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Washington: Rick Bart

Thu, 11/06/2008 - 17:13

Power of incumbency strong in 8 of 9 Washington Congressional Districts

By Bryan Bissell, PolitickerWA.com Reporter

Eight of Washington’s nine U.S. Representatives have already punched their ticket back to Washington, D.C. with electoral victories that were known within moments of the polls closing Tuesday night at 8PM, the one exception being Rep. Dave Reichert (R-Auburn) in the battleground 8th District.

Their path was easier than one might have thought. Despite Congress currently garnering a voter approval rating below 20 percent, the power of incumbency runs strong among Washington’s U.S. Representatives.

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Tue, 09/30/2008 - 15:21

House challengers weigh in on bailout

By Bryan Bissell, PolitickerWA.com Reporter

[img_assist|nid=733|title=Rick Bart (R-Arlington)|desc=Politicker photo|link=none|align=left|width=152|height=200]A number of Washington's congressional challengers have, in lieu of being able to vote, issued their own statements on Monday's failed bailout. Ironically, the only instance in which challenger and incumbent agreed was in the deadlocked 8th District, where Darcy Burner (D-Carnation) and Rep. Dave Reichert both opposed the bill.

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Mon, 08/11/2008 - 18:08

Larsen launches second radio ad

By Bryan Bissell, PolitickerWA.com Reporter

Rep. Rick Larsen (D-Arlington) is on the air in Northwest Washington's 2nd Congressional District with his second radio advertisement of the campaign. The new ad is a 60-second spot on high fuel prices and Larsen's votes in congress to reduce prices by stopping price gouging by oil companies.

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Tue, 07/29/2008 - 13:51

Larsen up with first radio ad

By Bryan Bissell, PolitickerWA.com Reporter

[img_assist|nid=1735|title=Rep. Rick Larsen|desc=|link=none|align=right|width=148|height=200]Rep. Rick Larsen (D-Arlington), the four-term incumbent from Northwest Washington's 2nd Congressional District, began airing his first campaign ads on the radio Monday on stations throughout the district. The spot highlights Larsen's work in expanding health care access for veterans, notably the opening of clinics in Mt. Vernon and Sedro Woolley.

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Thu, 06/19/2008 - 19:18

New polls: Reichert leads Burner 51-45; Larsen also ahead

By Bryan Bissell, PolitickerWA.com Reporter

KING TV and Survey USA conducted polls on two of the state's contested U.S. House races. The polling showed U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert (R-Auburn) leading Darcy Burner (D-Carnation) in the 8th Congressional District by a count of 51 percent to 45 percent, and in the 2nd Congressional District, U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen (D-Arlington) leads Rick Bart (R-Arlington) 56 percent to 38 percent.

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Mon, 06/02/2008 - 12:34

UPDATED: Filing week begins

By Bryan Bissell, PolitickerWA.com Reporter

The filing period for elected office began this morning at 8:00AM, and will continue through end of business Friday at 5:00 PM at the Secretary of State's office. In addition to providing extra money to the state, the filing also acts to winnow out candidates who are not serious enough to spend any money to get their names on the ballot. Filing fees range from $412.80 for state legislative positions up to $1,652.00 for U.S. Representative.

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Thu, 05/29/2008 - 19:41

With series of proposals, Bart tries to make mark

By Bryan Bissell, PolitickerWA.com Reporter

Republican candidate for congress Rick Bart has been putting himself in the news lately, although not by holding large campaign rallies or by creating any scandals. Instead he is doing it the old fashioned way, by creating policy proposals and taking vocal stands on the issues important to 2nd District constituents.

Bart said he plans to release a new statement every week or so where he tries to differentiate himself from incumbent Rick Larsen on a wide range of issues that do not necessarily follow the traditional Republican-Democrat narrative.

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Fri, 05/23/2008 - 16:37

This Week's Winners & Losers

By Politicker Staff

[img_assist|nid=1110|title=|desc=|link=none|align=none|width=420|height=107]Barack Obama picks up some superdelegates, but can't pick out the most contaminated nuclear site in the United States. Here are the Winners & Losers for May 23, 2008. | CLICK HERE

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Fri, 05/23/2008 - 10:55

Larsen to kick off House re-election bid

By Bryan Bissell, PolitickerWA.com Reporter

[img_assist|nid=933|title=U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen|desc=|link=none|align=right|width=145|height=196]U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen (D-Arlington) announced today that he will kickoff his campaign for re-election to a 5th term in Congress with events in each of the 2nd Congressional District's five counties next week. It has been well known that Larsen would seek another term, but beginning Tuesday in Mount Vernon, it will be official.

Larsen's opponent, Republican Rick Bart (R-Arlington), began his campaign last month.

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Mon, 05/19/2008 - 13:40

Bart proposes student loan amnesty

By Bryan Bissell, PolitickerWA.com Reporter

Republican Rick Bart, the former Snohomish County Sheriff running for Congress in Northwest Washington's 2nd District against incumbent Rep. Rick Larsen (D-Arlington) has announced a new policy initiative. In a press release sent out Monday morning, Bart pledged to put forward legislation that would help college graduates ease the increasing burden of student loans.

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