At
the February OFA convention in Everett, Congressman Rick Larsen was
asked how to communicate with him.
Write
me directly; I tell my staff to pay more attention to an e-mail from
an individual constituent than to one forwarded by 500 people, is the
gist of what he said.
In
a remarkably thoughtful talk, Larsen went on to discuss the
importance of the contest for the refigured Congressional District 1
seat as one of three Washington Democrats need to win to take back
the House.
“Having
run against John Koster twice and beaten him twice, I don't think
he's a good fit for that new district,” said the Congressman.
(Observers suggest that Koster, a Snohomish County commissioner and a
Tea Party favorite, is more right wing than most voters in the
southern end of the district.)
In
what seemed more reality than a prediction, Larsen said the field of
Democrat candidates for District 1 – are there now five or six? –
needs to be narrowed by the filing deadline of May 18. He recently
endorsed Suzan DelBenne.
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