Congressman Norm Dicks: 17-term incumbent Democrat in Washington. Chairman of the House Interior and Environment Appropriations Subcommittee. Represents a D+5 district that includes parts of Tacoma and Bremerton and Port Angeles. Barack Obama carried 57 percent of the vote; Dicks usually wins with 60some percent of the vote and hit above 70 percent a few times. Doug Cloud is deputy prosecutor of Kitsap County. As of October 13, Dicks had more than $511,000 cash on hand. Cloud has $2,909 cash on hand. And yet, here is this poll, suggesting the race stands at Cloud 48 percent, Dicks 44 percent.
