Female Candidates Rally Dems in Washington State
2006-10-03
Source: Women's E-News
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rss feed"I'm here to talk about strong women leaders," said Claudia Balducci, city councilwoman for Bellevue, Wash.
The crowd in the Bellevue High School gymnasium erupted in cheers. Minutes later, those cheers became an enthusiastic roar as three female Democratic senators--and one congressional hopeful--took to the stage in this upscale Seattle suburb.
It was a rally for U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, who just won her Sept. 19th Democratic primary and is facing a tough re-election battle in Washington against a well-funded Republican challenger, former Safeco Insurance CEO Mike McGavick.
Sharing her limelight was Darcy Burner, a Democratic political newcomer who is challenging Republican freshman Rep. Dave Reichert in Washington's 8th congressional district. Reichert, a former King County sheriff, is known as the man who caught Gary Ridgeway, the "Green River Killer" who during the 1980s killed dozens of women, many of them prostitutes, in the Seattle area.
Joining Cantwell and Burner at the podium were Washington's senior senator, Patty Murray, and California Senator Barbara Boxer.
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