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‘The right per­son at the right time for Wash­ing­ton state. If he choos­es to run, it would be my hon­or to sup­port him for the job of gov­er­nor of Wash­ing­ton. I had a great chat with Dave Reichert today. – Travis Cou­ture, Repub­li­can state rep­re­sen­ta­tive from the 35th Leg­isla­tive District When he announces his run for Gov­er­nor, he will have my support! Our state is in cri­sis, and we need an expe­ri­enced leader to bring much need­ed bal­ance back to our great state. Spoke with Dave Reichert today, and we had a great con­ver­sa­tion about his vision for WA. – Peter Abbarno, Repub­li­can state rep­re­sen­ta­tive from the 20th Leg­isla­tive District When Dave Reichert announces his 2024 Guber­na­to­r­i­al cam­paign, he’ll have my sup­port & endorsement. He is solu­tions focused, proven leader, & will deliv­er the bal­ance we need after gen­er­a­tions of 1‑party rule. I had a great con­ver­sa­tion with Dave Reichert about his vision for WA. – Drew MacEwen, Repub­li­can state sen­a­tor from the 35th Leg­isla­tive District With that in mind I am ful­ly endors­ing him as he is the right per­son for the job. Now, how­ev­er, with Jay Inslee retir­ing and the state’s top job open for the first time in twelve years, Reichert seems to be in and ready to run.Īs some may know I was con­sid­er­ing a run for Gov- I recent­ly spoke w/ Dave Reichert and he is active­ly explor­ing a run. After much thought­ful prayer and dis­cus­sion with fam­i­ly and friends, I have decid­ed not to run.” In 2020, he said: “I am hon­ored and hum­bled to have recent­ly been asked to con­sid­er run­ning for Gov­er­nor in 2020. “Yet, I believe I can bet­ter serve you now, today, in anoth­er Wash­ing­ton where politi­cians are more inter­est­ed in fight­ing each oth­er than fight­ing for Amer­i­ca where lead­er­ship has been in retreat, and courage has been on recess.” In 2016, he said: “Like so many of you, I have been extreme­ly dis­ap­point­ed in the deci­sions com­ing out of the Governor’s Office - regard­ing our schools, the health of our chil­dren, and most recent­ly a deci­sion to give the Green Riv­er ser­i­al killer a chance to enjoy life in a nicer prison. Reichert pri­vate­ly and pub­licly con­tem­plat­ed run­ning against Jay Inslee for gov­er­nor in 20, but he decid­ed against it each time. Reichert’s Demo­c­ra­t­ic suc­ces­sor Kim Schri­er has, like Reichert, been able to beat back repeat­ed chal­lenges from the oppo­si­tion, and con­tin­ues to hold the seat. Reichert opt­ed to leave Con­gress after Don­ald Trump got installed in the White House by the Elec­toral Col­lege, and Democ­rats prompt­ly mount­ed a huge effort to take the 8th (a sub­ur­ban-exur­ban-rur­al dis­trict), which was successful.

He did man­age to pre­vail over Demo­c­ra­t­ic chal­lengers Dar­cy Burn­er and Suzan Del­Bene to secure reelec­tion in 2006, 2008, and 2010, after which point Democ­rats basi­cal­ly gave up on try­ing to unseat him. Reichert, who appeared vis­i­bly uncom­fort­able through­out that event, nev­er held anoth­er in-per­son town hall dur­ing the rest of his time in Congress. We report­ed on the event here on the Cas­ca­dia Advo­cate the post is still avail­able from our archives. He won the Repub­li­can nom­i­na­tion for Con­gress in 2004, defeat­ed Demo­c­ra­t­ic oppo­nent Dave Ross in the gen­er­al elec­tion, and took over for long­time rep­re­sen­ta­tive Jen­nifer Dunn in Jan­u­ary 2005.Ī few weeks lat­er, Reichert held a “town hall” in Belle­vue, which fea­tured rep­re­sen­ta­tives from the Wash­ing­ton Pol­i­cy Cen­ter and the Bush admin­is­tra­tion try­ing to sell the pri­va­ti­za­tion of Social Secu­ri­ty to East­side vot­ers. He served sev­er­al terms in Con­gress rep­re­sent­ing the 8th Con­gres­sion­al Dis­trict.

Reichert, sev­en­ty-two, was the King Coun­ty Sher­iff for many years before seek­ing high­er office. That sug­gests an announce­ment is immi­nent. But our team has noticed that an increas­ing num­ber of Repub­li­can leg­is­la­tors and oth­er promi­nent local Repub­li­can elect­ed offi­cials are pub­licly stat­ing on Twit­ter that they’ve had great con­ver­sa­tions with Reichert and will glad­ly be sup­port­ing him if he runs for gov­er­nor, which seem to be part of a coor­di­nat­ed ramp-up for Reichert. We don’t pub­lish much in the way of rumors, spec­u­la­tion, or gos­sip here on The Cas­ca­dia Advo­cate - it’s just not our thing. For­mer Unit­ed States Rep­re­sen­ta­tive and King Coun­ty Sher­iff Dave Reichert, a Repub­li­can, appears to be on the verge of join­ing the increas­ing­ly crowd­ed field of can­di­dates run­ning for Gov­er­nor of Wash­ing­ton State next year, if recent state­ments from Repub­li­can state leg­is­la­tors are any indication.