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John Koster Primary Coverage

Friends - Please see this clip from KING TV 5 Seattle for a look at Tuesday night's strong showing by John Koster and the disappointing result for incumbent Rick Larsen, who thus far has been held to less than 43 percent of the vote.

John Koster's Election Night Statement

Arlington, WA - August 17, 2010 - Tonight, John Koster commented on his primary election victory:

Our country is heading in the wrong direction, and tonight's results clearly show that the people of the 2nd District want to reverse the radical policies of Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Rick Larsen!

Tonight was the first step in giving the people of the 2nd District the representation they deserve.

Let me tell you what this election is all about. There is a clear difference between Rick Larsen and myself. Ten years ago Rick Larsen and I debated what to do with the budget surplus. Ten years later, Congress didn't even bother to pass a budget. We are now faced with double-digit unemployment, out of control wasteful spending, massive deficits, and a national debt that seems insurmountable.

Arlington, WA - August 14, 2010 - The Koster for Congress campaign, rich in volunteers and support from working families, announced it's grassroots leadership team today. John Koster applauded their efforts leading up to the (August 17) primary election. Koster, who is seeking to replace incumbent Congressman Rick Larsen, said that he "could not be more pleased with the outpouring of support for the campaign. Our grassroots army has marched in the parades, made thousands of phone calls, knocked on thousands of doors, and installed Koster for Congress signs from one end of the district to the other."

"It is an honor to be the one to carry the banner and represent the values of so many wonderful people in this incredibly important congressional race. We have high hopes for a strong showing in next Tuesday's primary election, and if we get there, it will be due in large part to the commitment and stellar efforts of our grassroots leadership team."

Arlington, WA- August 6, 2010 - New jobless numbers were released today and the much ballyhooed "summer of economic recovery" has fizzled, rather than sizzled.

The country's unemployment rate now stands at 9.5% and over 130,000 more jobs were lost in July.

John Koster, candidate for Congress in Washington's 2^nd District, reacted to the new numbers today with the following statement:

"The stimulus has failed to stimulate and the Democrat controlled Congress keeps making empty promises of better days ahead. Until Congress breaks their addiction to spending, this situation is not going to improve. It's time for new leadership. Congress has not gotten the job done and it is now time for the American people to tell them that they're 'fired'.

Two-faced in the Larsen-Koster race

FROM THE SEATTLE TIMES: Posted by Bruce Ramsey

In commenting about the Tea Party movement, Rep. Rick Larsen told the Seattle Times Editorial Board Aug. 2 that he had been to one of their demonstrations and that they were well-meaning people. “I don’t question their integrity,” he said, “but I question where they want to take things.” In other words, he had a policy disagreement with them. Which is fine.

On Aug 3, the Republicans pointed out a video at the campaign site www.ricklarsen.org smearing Larsen's Republican opponent, John Koster, for praising the Tea Party. This video includes shots of signs that make the Tea Party folk look like racists and weirdos, such as Obama-as-Hitler signs.

I’ve only been to two Tea Party demos, one of them a Rick Larsen town hall at a baseball stadium in Everett last year—an event about the health-insurance bill—and the other April 15 this year in downtown Bellevue. In both cases the only Obama-as-Hitler signs were by the LaRouchies, who are not Tea Party people. They are gate-crashers. I didn’t see any racist signs among the Tea Party people, but I know there have been some tasteless ones, to say the least, at other demos. The progressives have made much hay from these signs, trying to brand the whole movement with them. And that is what Larsen’s people are doing here.

And so—a reasonable, respectful candidate in person and a nasty, unfair attack ad on the same candidate’s Internet page. This is politics today.

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