It’s never too early to start handicapping congressional races. So it looks like Eastside Democrats have a new candidate to run against Congressman Dave Reichert. And this time, with Suzan DelBene, they picked someone who really is a Microsoft executive.The Bellevue Reporter’s Josh Hicks has, if not the first, certainly the best profile piece on the challenger to date. The question. Can a wealthy liberal Democrat from Medina, who supports gun control and abortion, win in the Eighth Congressional District?
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