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.
When Washington voters last fall opened the door for private liquor sales in the state, initiative backers predicted a mix of big chains and smaller merchants would all compete for a share of the liquor-sales business.
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.
When Washington voters last fall opened the door for private liquor sales in the state, initiative backers predicted a mix of big chains and smaller merchants would all compete for a share of the liquor-sales business.
