A day after new congressional redistricting maps showed him well outside the district, state Rep. Marko Liias has emailed supporters announcing he is withdrawing from the race to replace Rep. Jay Inslee.

"Some have suggested that I move to this new district and run anyway," Liias wrote supporters, "but that is not who I am."

Liias's hometown of Edmonds is now tucked inside Rep. Jim McDermott's newly redrawn 7th CD. I wouldn't be surprised to see Liias, one of the more liberal members of the state House, run for that seat when the 75-year-old McDermott eventually retires.

It'll be interesting to see how the rest of the field shakes out over the coming months. The new 1st CD is less Democratic than originally expected, and geographically huge. It's gonna take a lot of hard work to run this race right. I wouldn't be surprised to see a couple more hopefuls drop out well in advance of the primary, and possibly one more—current Department of Revenue director Suzan DelBene—jump in.