Darcy Burner; the young, charismatic, smart woman running for Congress in Washington State’s 8th district has lost to her Republican opponent Dave Reichert. The election went into overtime, as it was too close to call on election night.
This really sucks for Team America. Darcy would have made an excellent Congresswoman. However, all is not lost. Our hope is that she will run again in 2008 and win!
Darcy appeared on DoubleSpeak a couple months back. Take a listen to our interview.
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Darcy Burner, Democratic Candidate for Congress
Washington State 8th District
While things have been a bit slow here at DoubleSpeak so far this summer, rest assured that we will be back with new episodes very soon featuring some outstanding candidates from around the country. One of these candidates that we’re tremendously excited about is Darcy Burner, the Democratic challenger in the Washington 8th congressional district. If you don’t already know Darcy, you’re going to love her.
Not only is she a great candidate, she’s also looking more and more like a winner. With the second quarter fundraising numbers in, Burner is outraising her opponent, has more cash on hand, and is gathering some serious momentum.
Democratic challenger Darcy Burner reports $590,561 in contributions compared to GOP incumbent Rep. Dave Reichert’s $569,077.
What with a nearly unprecedented presidential visit and numerous other high profile fundraisers, I had just assumed Reichert would significantly outraise Burner in the second quarter, and to be honest, I was all prepared to spin a good second-place showing by Burner into a rhetorical victory. Now that I don’t have to, I’m virtually speechless.
And once again Burner spent less to raise more, closing the all important cash-on-hand gap to about $340,000. Burner now sits on $770,000 in reserves compared to Reichert’s $1.11 million.
This was Burner’s most impressive fundraising quarter to date, and according to the DCCC her $1.13 million total thus far puts her in the top fundraising tier for Democratic House challengers nationwide.
We’ll have more on Darcy Burner soon but in the meantime, you can volunteer or contribute to help the campaign.