The Incumbent

Incumbent Republican, Dave Reichert, is facing Democrat, Darcy Burner, this November for the 8th District House seat in Washington State. Reichert is now serving his second term and is on three committees: Homeland Security, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Science and Technology. As a freshman, Reichert was appointed Chairman of the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparednes,and Science and Technology. In this position, Reichert worked to draft legislation to enhance the emergency FEMA response systems that were found deficient after Hurricane Katrina. Dave Reichert is a graduate of Concordia Lutheran College in Portland, Oregon. Congressman Reichert has over 35 years of public service beginning as a member of the U.S. Air force Reserve followed by a distinguished career with the King County Sheriff's office. As head of the Green River Task Force, Reichert became nationally known for solving the largest serial killer case in the United States.

The Challenger

Democrat Darcy Burner is running for Washington's 8th District House seat against incumbent Republican Dave Reichert. In the 2006 Election Reichert beat Burner 51% to 49%. It is because of this margin that this years race should be very interesting. Burner should expect help from the state and national level Democratic party in terms of financing and campaign help as they will try to oust Reichert whose ties to the Current Republican administration will probably hurt him some in this race. Burner has with fellow politicians and consultants come up with a plan to end the war in Iraq. Darcy Burner has a strong background having studied Computer Science and Economics at Harvard, and then eventually becoming a product manager for Microsoft after growing up in a middle class family. The democrat leaning district could favor Darcy Burner for the 8th District House Seat.

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