GoSkagit.com: Larsen to face Republican challenger Koster

Republican Snohomish County Councilman John Koster announced today that he will challenge U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen, a Democrat from Everett, for the 2nd Congressional District seat.

Koster, who ran for the same seat unsuccessfully in 2000, served three terms in the state House and has served on the Snohomish County Council since 2001.

In a statement announcing his candidacy, Koster attacked Larsen’s “socialist agenda” and labeled the five-term congressman a “puppet of the Peolsi-Reid Congress.”

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