Inside Opinion » bruce lachney http://blog.thenewstribune.com/opinion What's on the minds of Tacoma News Tribune editorial writers Sun, 19 May 2013 01:36:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Our choices in 2nd and 25th District legislative races http://blog.thenewstribune.com/opinion/2012/07/15/our-choices-in-2nd-and-25th-district-legislative-races/ http://blog.thenewstribune.com/opinion/2012/07/15/our-choices-in-2nd-and-25th-district-legislative-races/#comments Sun, 15 Jul 2012 21:16:51 +0000 TNT Editorial Board http://blog.thenewstribune.com/opinion/?p=14509 This editorial will appear in Monday’s print edition.

Democrats have their work cut out for them if they hope to win back seats in two Republican-leaning East Pierce County legislative districts.

Even the fact that the D’s have two standout candidates might not be enough. In recent years, the 2nd and 25th districts’ legislative seats have gone almost all Republican, with the only Democrat remaining being the 25th’s Jim Kastama. He’s running for secretary of state instead of for re-election to his Senate seat, so the two districts might turn completely Republican in November.

• In the 2nd District, incumbent …

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