Using Didier against Didier

Taylor Winkel

Taylor Winkel Jul 6, 2025

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Using Didier against Didier</h1>
                <h2><p>In Central Washington’s Fourth Congressional District race, candidate Clint Didier may be the best, last hope the Tea Party has to win a spot in the U.S. Senate or House come this November, reports the seattlepi.com’s Joel Connelly. But the state Republican establishment is working to</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/taylorjwinkel-gmail-com/">Taylor Winkel</a></p> 
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            <p>In Central Washington’s Fourth Congressional District race, candidate Clint Didier may be the best, last hope the Tea Party has to win a spot in the U.S. Senate or House come this November, <a href="http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2014/10/21/establishment-gops-tv-spot-clint-didier-is-a-kook?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">reports the seattlepi.com’s Joel Connelly</a>. But the state Republican establishment is working to tilt the polls toward mainline GOP rival Dan Newhouse. While Didier is backed by ex-U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum and former state Supreme Court Justice Richard Sanders, Newhouse has endorsement from the NRA as well as moderate Republicans. A new political action committee fronted by former U.S. Senator Slade Gorton reportedly raised $58,000 to launch a slam ad accusing Didier of holding “weird and extreme views,” and using his own statements to make the argument.</p>
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In Central Washington’s Fourth Congressional District race, candidate Clint Didier may be the best, last hope the Tea Party has to win a spot in the U.S. Senate or House come this November, reports the seattlepi.com’s Joel Connelly. But the state Republican establishment is working to tilt the polls toward mainline GOP rival Dan Newhouse. While Didier is backed by ex-U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum and former state Supreme Court Justice Richard Sanders, Newhouse has endorsement from the NRA as well as moderate Republicans. A new political action committee fronted by former U.S. Senator Slade Gorton reportedly raised $58,000 to launch a slam ad accusing Didier of holding “weird and extreme views,” and using his own statements to make the argument.

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By Taylor Winkel

Taylor Winkel is a Journalism and Political Science student at the University of Washington. Follow her on Twitter: @twinkelnews. She can be emailed at Taylor.Winkel@crosscut.com.