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AD IT UP - Ross TV Ads Damage Republican Reichert
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Oct 15, 2004 07:14pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - The Stranger |
| News Date | Friday, October 15, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | King County Sheriff Dave Reichert, the Republican candidate for Congress on the Eastside, is Mr. Warm and Fuzzy in the eyes of voters. Or at least he was Mr. Warm and Fuzzy, until national Democrats launched a post-primary television ad blitz--uncountered by Republicans for close to two crucial weeks--that appears to be turning Reichert into Mr. Extreme and Unprepared.
Reichert, who led former KIRO talker Dave Ross, the Democratic candidate, by 16 points in an early September pre-primary poll, has now fallen 10 points behind Ross according to a poll of 500 likely voters conducted between September 29 and October 3 and released last week. Much of the shift appears to be due to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's hard-hitting attack ads, which portray Reichert as unready for federal office and too socially conservative for the swing district. Popular retiring Republican incumbent Jennifer Dunn was known for her moderation on issues like abortion and gay marriage, winning reelection six times even as the once conservative 8th congressional district has gradually trended Democratic, supporting Al Gore and Gary Locke in 2000.
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