Rep. Dave Reichert

Republican  •  8th District, Washington  •  4th Term  •  Sworn In 2005
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06/03/12
'Kind of like a family': Republicans finish state convention in Tacoma

...Republicans likely will emerge from their sometimes-contentious convention in Tacoma with excitement and energy, Rep. Dave Reichert predicted Saturday. Washington Republicans likely will emerge from their sometimes-contentious convention in Tacoma with

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06/02/12
Wealth an issue for Democratic candidates, too

DelBene, for example, dropped $2 million of her own money on her unsuccessful 2010 challenge of U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert, and has contributed $300,000 to her current campaign so far. But Hobbs, who makes a modest salary as a state legislator and ...

Source: Seattle Times
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06/02/12
'Kind of like a family': Republicans finish state convention in Tacoma

Washington Republicans likely will emerge from their sometimes-contentious convention in Tacoma with excitement and energy, Rep. Dave Reichert predicted Saturday. “It’s kind of like a family,” the Auburn congressman said. “You have your ...

Source: Tacoma News Tribune
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06/02/12
Conservation helps our economy

Rep. Dave Reichert has been a champion for the Land and Water Conservation Fund because he understands that we need to conserve our lands for the future — to give our kids and grandkids the opportunity to hike, hunt, fish, and enjoy the outdoors.

Source: The Wenatchee World Online
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06/01/12
Poll in hot House race: Koster, Burner ahead

She started spending late in a 2010 run against GOP Rep. Dave Reichert.  If the KING poll is any indication, DelBene needs to raise her visibility — now. Ruderman has impressed Democratic audiences, winning endorsements from three legislative ...

Source: Seattle Post Intelligencer
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05/29/12
Congressman spearheads ‘blue alert’ legislation

U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert — Issaquah’s lawmaker in Congress — applauded the May 15 passage of legislation to create a National Blue Alert, a nationwide system to inform the public about people suspected of injuring or killing law enforcement officers.

Source: Issaquah Press
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05/28/12
U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert commemorates fallen on Memorial Day

U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert honored veterans and families on Memorial Day, as the Issaquah representative in Congress also highlighted legislative accomplishments for veterans. “As so many of us settle into this long weekend looking forward to ...

Source: Issaquah Press
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05/26/12
Guest viewpoint: Make Memorial Day meaningful by finding work for today's veterans

That is why Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis.; Congressman Dave Reichert, R-Wash.; and I recently introduced bipartisan legislation known as the Veterans Jobs Act (H.R. 5712) to authorize a pilot program that would allow local business leaders to act as

Source: Kankakee Daily Journal
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05/25/12
Knocking the Wind Out of U.S. Energy Options

The House bill, sponsored by Dave Reichert (R-Wash.), has more than 100 cosponsors ... Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) introduced a bill that would kill more than $110 billion in oil subsidies over the next 10 years.

Source: Huffington Post
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05/24/12
Congressman Braley says wind tax credit extension needed

Iowa Congressman Bruce Braley ... Credit Extension bill to extend the production tax credit through 2016, along with my colleague, Dave Reichert who’s a Republican from Washington state,” Braley says. “We currently have 100 co-sponsors ...

Source: Radio Iowa
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05/24/12
State's ballot offers much to interest voters

Incumbent 4th District Congressman Doc Hastings ... Kittitas County now is in the 8th congressional District, where incumbent Republican Dave Reichert has five challengers from both the left and the right. In addition, three state Supreme ...

Source: Yakima Herald Republic
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05/24/12
DelBene gives $300,000 to her own 1st District campaign

...a "broad base of support" - and not just a big personal bank account. She largely self-financed a failed 2010 challenge to Rep. Dave Reichert in the 8th District with $2.2 million. She is a successful high-tech and bio-tech executive, and is married to

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05/23/12
DelBene gives $300,000 to her own 1st District campaign

She largely self-financed a failed 2010 challenge to Rep. Dave Reichert in the 8th District with $2.2 million. She is a successful high-tech and bio-tech executive, and is married to Kurt DelBene, a Microsoft president. Snohomish County ...

Source: Seattle Times
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05/22/12
Blowing Wind Up Your Skirt

Bernie Sanders, a Socialist, and Congressman Keith Ellison’s End Polluter Welfare ... Two of them, Steve King and Dave Reichert, both Republicans, recently held a press conference to urge the extension of the federal Production Tax Credit (PTC) for ...

Source: Canada Free Press
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05/22/12
Adam Smith faces four challengers for District 9 Congress seat | ELECTION

Kennedy," he says at www.davechristie.us. His campaign address is in Shoreline. • Tom Cramer (Democrat): Cramer ran against U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert in 2010 for the District 8 seat, and is running in the newly configured District 9, which now ...

Source: Bainbridge Island Review
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05/22/12
Is Dave Reichert's Seat Safe?

The perception is accepted as fact at this point: Washington's recently redrawn 8th Congressional District was crafted into a Republican safe haven, an area impossible for Democrats to steal from the grips of Congressman Dave Reichert come November.

Source: Seattle Weekly
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05/19/12
High turnover means heavy competition in state's 2012 elections

In the 8th Congressional District, which became decidedly more GOP friendly through redistricting this year, incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert is seeing a challenge from the right by Keith Swank, a Seattle police officer. Swank told ...

Source: Tacoma News Tribune
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05/19/12
High turnover means heavy competition in state's 2012 elections

In the 8th Congressional District, which became decidedly more GOP friendly through redistricting this year, incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert is seeing a challenge from the right by Keith Swank, a Seattle police officer. Swank told ...

Source: Tacoma News Tribune
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05/19/12
Mad scramble to get elected in 1st District

Dave Reichert, R-Auburn, in the 8th Congressional District in 2006 and 2008; former Microsoft executive Suzan DelBene of Bothell, who was defeated by Reichert in 2010; former state Rep. Laura Ruderman of Kirkland, and businessman Darshan ...

Source: msnbc.com
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05/19/12
High turnout expected as dozens of candidates file

In the 8th Congressional District, which became decidedly more GOP friendly through redistricting this year, incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert is seeing a challenge from the right by Keith Swank, a Seattle police officer. Swank told ...

Source: Yakima Herald Republic
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05/17/12
New filings for Pierce assessor, governor, U.S. Senate and AG

...reveals diverse challengers in state elections A Seattle police officer from Puyallup, Keith Swank, is challenging U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert from the right in the new, more Republican 8th Congressional District, even as he’s also challenged from the lef

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05/16/12
Another challenger to Reichert, this one with no party

Windle, who owns a home at Snoqualmie Pass, says he left his civilian Pentagon job in finance and announced he would challenge Republican Rep. Dave Reichert of Auburn. Reichert already has two challengers from the left and right but this one ...

Source: TheNewsTribune.com (blog)
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05/16/12
Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Jeff Landry finally decides to take on Charles Boustany

The details are sketchy, and there are no head-to-heads with GOP Rep. Dave Reichert, but Porterfield says his re-elects are 34-44. Still, it'll take a miracle to unseat Reichert, especially given the redder contours of the re-drawn 8th.

Source: DAILY KOS
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05/16/12
Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Jeff Landry finally decides to take on Charles Boustany

The details are sketchy, and there are no head-to-heads with GOP Rep. Dave Reichert, but Porterfield says his re-elects are 34-44. Still, it'll take a miracle to unseat Reichert, especially given the redder contours of the re-drawn 8th.

Source: DAILY KOS
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05/15/12
Lawmakers consider nationwide 'Blue Alert' bill

Just two months after Washington state overwhelmingly passed its own version, a nationwide Blue Alert bill backed by U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert passed the U.S. House of on Tuesday on a 394 to 1 vote. Washington State Trooper Tony Radulescu was ...

Source: KOMO News
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05/15/12
Representative spearheads creation of nationwide ‘blue alert’

U.S. Representative Dave Reichert — Issaquah’s lawmaker in Congress — applauded the passage of legislation to create a National Blue Alert, a nationwide system to inform the public about people suspected of injuring or killing law ...

Source: Issaquah Press
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05/15/12
Greens’ endorsements: All Democrats, so far

With occasional defections by U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert, the state’s GOP U.S. House members have voted to gut such programs as the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and even to repeal laws requiring energy efficient light bulbs. In the AG’s ...

Source: Seattle Post Intelligencer
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05/15/12
Rep. Dave Reichert gets a challenge from the right

Once state redistricting gurus finished drawing the new 8th Congressional District, Congressman Dave Reichert had to be pretty happy with a new district that stretches across the Cascade Mountains from eastern King and Pierce counties into ...

Source: Seattle Times
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05/15/12
Poll Shows 8th District Not as Safe for Reichert as Thought, Porterfield Vying for Upset

The perception is accepted as fact at this point: Washington's redrawn 8th Congressional District was crafted into a Republican safe haven, an area impossible for Democrats to steal from the grips of Auburn's Dave Reichert come November. But Reichert's ...

Source: Seattle Weekly (blog)
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05/15/12
Slain trooper's name joins memorial as Congress debates 'Blue Alert'

The bill is expected to be debated and voted on Tuesday night. The office of Rep. Dave Reichert, R-Wash., says it expects the bill to pass.

Source: KREM
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Official website: http://reichert.house.gov/
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1730 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-7761
Fax: 202-225-4282

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