WA-07

Incumbent	Jim McDermott
Party	Democratic
Seeking Re-election?	Almost certainly
Candidate Website	House Website Campaign Website
Other Resources	Congresspedia Profile on Jim McDermott

2004 Presidential Vote	Kerry - 79.13% Bush - 19.15%
2006 Election Results	McDermott - 79.41% Beren - 15.72%
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Challenger	Steve Beren
Party	Republican
Source of Information	Media Story
Candidate Website	Campaign Website

Potential Challenger	Linnea Noreen
Party	Independent
Source of Information	Speculation, lost to McDermott in 2006
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Background Information

McDermott is one of the most liberal members of the House and is wildly popular in Seattle, where he received 79.25% of the vote in his district in 2006. Seattle Post-Intelligencer political columnist Joel Connelly has tagged McDermott "Congressman-for-life." Indeed, McDermott, who will most likely head up the Human Resources subcommittee of the Ways and Means committee in the 2007 House, is unlikely to face serious opposition again in 2008.