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Friday, June 16, 2006

Re: Morning News

Posted by on June 16 at 9:53 AM

In today’s morning news, Tom links to a New York Times article about how Democratic Congressional candidates are looking to win big in the suburbs this November. It’s an interesting article, worth noting again here because it zooms in on Washington State’s 8th District (the Burner-Reichert race).

Democratic hopes of retaking the House, party strategists say, could hinge on places like Bellevue, a city of 107,000 just across Lake Washington from Seattle. Here, a fast-growing Asian population and an influx of empty-nesters and singles living in new residential complexes have helped to make this the kind of district that, while continuing to send a Republican to Congress, has turned increasingly Democratic.