John Koster on Politico.com

Here's yet another sign that the current political environment is helping Republicans with their recruitment efforts: One of the GOP's leading House recruits from the 2000 election is making a comeback.

Snohomish County Councilman John Koster, one of the few Republicans to ever seriously challenge Rep. Rick Larsen (D-Wash.), announced that he's running against Larsen again this year.

"Rick Larsen offers Washingtonians a failed socialist ideology that punishes prosperity and produces mediocrity. It has failed millions of people every time it has been tried - government cannot spend us into prosperity," Koster said in a statement.