He now represents a huge section of rural eastern Washington that is a big time agricultural area, and it has a large Hispanic population.
Before 2002, his District was centered on Bellevue, which is 33% (!) foreign born.
He is (was) a law-and-order, center-left Republican.
He could not have been elected in the Bellevue area except for the fact that he was King County Sheriff, and, in earlier years, he led the investigation that successfully ID’d the prime suspect in the “Green River Murders.”
In 2012, the Democrat who won Reichert’s old seat in Bellevue got 75% of the vote.
Dave Reichert (R-Wash) was redistricted in 2012.
He now represents a huge section of rural eastern Washington that is a big time agricultural area, and it has a large Hispanic population.
Before 2002, his District was centered on Bellevue, which is 33% (!) foreign born.
He is (was) a law-and-order, center-left Republican.
He could not have been elected in the Bellevue area except for the fact that he was King County Sheriff, and, in earlier years, he led the investigation that successfully ID’d the prime suspect in the “Green River Murders.”
In 2012, the Democrat who won Reichert’s old seat in Bellevue got 75% of the vote.
Interesting information, especially the 2012 75% of the vote part!
Was just talking to a guy that sold his house in Bellevue. All of the lookers were Chinese except for a Korean family and a white family.
A realtor told him 85% of the homes sold in Bellevue are to foreigners. (And I imagine most of them are Chinese).