Serial Killer-Hunting Sheriff Wants to Flip Washington Red
- Reichert hopes to be state’s first GOP governor in 40 years
- Former congressman has resisted endorsing Donald Trump
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Dave Reichert is best known in Washington State for his two-decade pursuit of one of the country’s worst criminals: The Green River Killer, responsible for at least 49 murders.
Reichert went from being the sheriff who helped catch the killer to becoming the rare Republican representing part of the Seattle suburbs in Congress. Now he faces a bigger challenge: running to be the first Republican governor of the solidly blue state in more than 40 years.