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9th Congressional District Republican challenger Dick Muri responded to the change in rating by the national political analysts at RealClearPolitics.com, “The national analysts are seeing now what I and everyone working on the ground has seen all along, this district is a center-right district that does not appreciate the big government agenda that Adam Smith been voting for since the Democrats took the majority in 2006.” Senator Slade Gorton commented on the change of ranking. Gorton said, “This re-affirms my analysis that the 9th Congressional District can realistically be won by a Republican. Dick Muri is well positioned to defeat...

On the weekend of October 8th, Dick Muri and his wife, Mary, flew to San Diego where he was honored and endorsed by the Combat Veterans for Congress. The organization endorsed 25 candidates for congress who previously served in our country's military. The Combat Veterans for Congress endorse former USAF Lt Colonel Dick Muri as a "fiscally conservative candidate who will work to rein in the out of control spending by the Pelosi Congress." In addition to his achievements in the Air Force and on the Pierce County Council, Lt Colonel Muri received the 1996 John M. Anderson Military Citizen...

Latest Real Clear Politics rankings, which seem to be shifting red in recent days: WA-9 (Smith v Muri) and WA-2 (Larsen v Koster) are toss-up, WA-8 (Reichert v DelBene) and WA-3 (Heck v Herrera) leaning GOP. Reichert has always had close races, but in the other districts Larsen, Smith and Baird won their last three elections (if not more) with over 60% of the vote. RCP considers WA's remaining seats to be safe for the incumbents.