One powerful lawmaker will bow out, one local judge will try to jump to a new seat, and Pierce County’s embattled assessor-treasurer will try to keep his job.
A Seattle police officer from Puyallup, Keith Swank, is challenging U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert from the right in the new, more Republican 8th Congressional District, even as he’s also challenged from the left by Democrat Karen Porterfield of Issaquah.
