Can Dems Hold Bairds Open Seat — And Will There Be Others?
The retirement of Rep. Brian Baird (D-WA), the third Democrat to do so in the last three weeks, has opened up a new swing sweat for Democrats to defend. So what’s the outlook for the seat — and for the party environment itself? “It’s a tough district,” a Democratic source in Washington state told us, also adding: “It’s a rural district and a suburban district. It’s a swing district, but it’s been trending Democratic.” Baird’s district voted twice for George W. Bush by narrow margins — 48%-46% in 2000, and 50%-48% in 2004 — before switching to Barack Obama in 2008 by a 53%-45% margin. Democratic state Rep. Deb Wallace has already gotten into the race, while the Dem source said that there are three other possible candidates for the nomination: state Sen. Craig Pridemore, state Rep. Brendan Williams, and Clark County Commissioner Steve Stuart. On the Republican side, three candidates were already in the race before Baird’s announcement: former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Veterans Aff
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