Better Know the 8th District: Dunn Passes Away, Tom Drops Out
The 8th congressional district lost five-term Congresswoman Jennifer Dunn and candidate Rodney Tom in the last twenty-four hours.
Dunn, who served from 1993-2005, died of a pulmonary embolism last night. She was 66.
We'll always remember how every two years the Democrats would find some young Microsoft millionaire to run against her, claiming that the district's new tech money was shifting the votes their way. They were wrong.
Her 2004 announcement that she wasn't running for re-election set up the showdown between Dave Reichert, the man who singlehandedly caught the Green River Killer, and Democrat Darcy Burner. Reichert kept the district in the hands of the Republicans and will face Burner again
next year.
Burner was going to have to beat State Senator Tom in the Democratic primary, however, he decided that Burner has too much money and support to compete with and backed out of the race.
