Outsiders Trying to Buy Eastern Washington Seats

As I pointed out last week, Democratic 9th Legislative District state representative candidate Caitlin "Carpetbagger" Ross has received over 90% of her funding from outside the district.

It's not much different in the US 5th Congressional District race. Stefan Sharkansky at Sound Politics points out that Democrat Peter "Riding With Someone Else's" Goldmark has gotten 74% of his campaign funding from OUTSIDE the district. 59% of Republican Cathy McMorris's funding has come from WITHIN the 5th District.

As Stefan says, "...it's clear that these Democrat campaign coffers are being buoyed by upscale out-of-district liberals who aren't the best indicator of a candidate's underlying support among their actual constituents."