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Chris Mulick has worked for the Herald since 1998 and has served as the statehouse correspondent covering state government and politics since 2000. He works year-round out of the Herald's Olympia bureau on the state Capitol campus. Have a question? Send Chris an e-mail and he'll answer the best questions regularly. |
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closeSen. Rosemary McAuliffe, D-Bothell, has drawn an election year challenge and it’s from none other than Bothell Republican Dennis Richter.
Who’s that? Wish I could tell you. But I can’t find much on the guy.
We can report that his campaign website, DennisRichterForStateSenate.com, is not yet operative. Apparently TheLongestWebsiteNameInHistory.org was taken.
Not sure how you fit that on a yard sign.
At any rate, Richter takes on a veteran legislator who emerged from a three-way primary for an open seat in 1992 and has been elected by modest majorities in four general elections since. McAuliffe got 57 percent of the vote in 2004, providing her largest ever margin of victory.
She’s had raised almost $19,000 for her campaign as of April 30.
MONDAY UPDATE: Richter’s campaign website has gone live and you can get there by clicking on the link above.
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