August 20, 2008 - 4:12am
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Second time around: The benefits of running and losing

By Politicker Staff

Politicker.com national political columnist Reid Wilson writes today about how some losers from the 2006 cycle are poised to winners this fall. That includes Democrat Darcy Burner, who is trying again to unseat Republican U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert in the 8th Congressional District.

Writes Wilson: 

The former sheriff has a strong field operation, but the district voted Democratic for U.S. Senate in 2004 and 2006, and for Al Gore and John Kerry. An area that was once barren of Democratic state legislators now sends a majority of Democrats to Olympia, the state capital. Burner, who has made her opposition to the war in Iraq a central part of her campaign and who has outraised Reichert, stands as good a chance as any Democrat ever has of winning the seat.

Read Wilson's full column here. 

POLITICKER STAFF can be reached via email at editor@politickerwa.com.
Related topics: Darcy Burner, Dave Reichert, WA-8
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