Koster edges Larsen in all-party totals

An interesting factoid: John Koster is the only Congressional Republican challenger that beat a Democrat incumbent in the whole United States!

POLITICO
By ALEX ISENSTADT 8/27/10

Washington Rep. Rick Larsen hasn’t been widely mentioned on the roster of at-risk Democrats this fall — but if primary results are any indication, he’s got a serious challenge on his hands.

Fresh vote results out of last week’s all-party primary show Republican John Koster, a Snohomish County Council member, leading Larsen by 276 votes. Larsen and Koster finished well atop a five-candidate field that included retired fraud investigator Diana McGinness, mechanical designer John Carmack and Whatcom Transportation Authority finance staffer Larry Kalb. Read more:

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