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

2008 Presidential Vote	Obama - 83.54% McCain - 14.96%
2008 Election Results	McDermott - 83.65% Beren - 16.35%
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Potential Challenger	Steve Beren
Party	Republican
Source of Information	2008 Candidate
Candidate Website	Campaign Website

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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."

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Wikipedia article: Washington 7th Congressional District