WORK
WORK TOGETHER. >> JOINING US TO BREAKDOWN THE
ELECTION RESULTS AND TALK ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT, PARTY CHAIR
AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THANKS
FOR BEING HERE.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE EIGHTH
DISTRICT.
DISTRICT.
DISTRICT. SO MUCH MONEY, SO MUCH
ATTENTION ON THAT RACE, PULLING
BACK AND FORTH 50/50 WHY DO YOU
THINK YOU SAW THE OUTCOME IN
THE EIGHTH THAT WE DID?
>> EVERYTHING, WOMEN BEING THE
KEY AND THE SUBURBAN ASPECTS.
THAT IS WHERE THE BULK OF THE
POPULATION IS IN THE EIGHTH
DISTRICT.
DISTRICT.
DISTRICT. THOSE PARTICULAR VOTERS REALLY
PRESENTED THE CONTRAST.
ALL ABOUT GETTING HEALTHCARE
FIXED, SOMETHING -- LOOKING AT
PRIORITIZING -- AS WELL AS
AGRICULTURAL ISSUES.
AGRICULTURAL ISSUES. TARIFFS HAS BEEN A BIG THING
THINKING ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING
WITH CHERRY AND APPLE FARMERS
FARMERS, ISSUE SHE WILL LOOK AT
. SUBURBAN ASPECTS REALLY CAME
HOME FOR KIM SCHREIER.
>> IN THE EIGHTH CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT WE ALWAYS KNEW THIS
WOULD BE A TOUGH RACE IN A YEAR
ALWAYS EXPECTED TO BE TOUGHER
REPUBLICANS ALWAYS ARE FOR THE
PARTY HOLDING THE WHITE HOUSE.
MONEY WAS A HUGE FACTOR IN THE
RACE. AT THE END OF THE DAY
IT'S ABOUT $25 MILLION IN THE
EIGHTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
AND ACTUALLY DINO ROSSI WAS
OUTSPENT 2 - 1. WE SAW
NEGATIVE ADS STARTING EARLY,
EARLIER THAN YOU SEE NORMALLY
IN CAMPAIGNS THROUGHOUT THE
SUMMER.
SUMMER.
SUMMER. THERE WAS A LOT OF MONEY SPENT
THERE, MICHAEL BLOOMBERG HIMSELF
SPENT $3 MILLION IN THAT
DISTRICT.
DISTRICT.
DISTRICT. I THINK THAT KIND OF MONEY IN A
RACE LIKE THIS WILL HAVE A HUGE
IMPACT.
IMPACT.
IMPACT. >> A LOT OF MONEY ACROSS BOTH
SIDES.
SIDES.
SIDES. HOUSE DEMOCRATS ARE NOW TALKING
ABOUT BRINGING FORWARD AND
ETHICS BILL AS ONE OF THE FIRST
PIECES OF LEGISLATION.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT LOOKS
LIKE NEXT CYCLE?
>> A LOT OF ISSUES WILL COME
INTO PLAY.
INTO PLAY. WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN
TERMS OF THE MUELLER
INVESTIGATION, WHAT IS
HAPPENING AROUND ELECTIONS,
GETTING THEM's -- -- GETTING
OURSELVES READY FOR THE 2020
ELECTION AND RUSSIAN
INTERFERENCE IN THE PAST
ELECTION.
ELECTION.
ELECTION. MANY ISSUES WILL COME INTO
PLAY.
PLAY.
PLAY. A
PLAY. A BIPARTISAN WAY TO DO CAMPAIGN-
FINANCE REFORM.
FINANCE REFORM. FAR TOO MUCH MONEY IN POLITICS,
CITIZENS UNITED, A DECISION
CERTAINLY IMPACTED THAT.
WHEN DEMOCRATS TALK ABOUT A
LOT.
LOT.
LOT. I
LOT. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE REPUBLICANS
BE ON THE SAME PAGE TAKE THE
MONEY OUT OF POLITICS.
>> A BIPARTISAN ETHICS BILL
MAKE SENSE.
MAKE SENSE. I THINK EVERYONE WANTS TO HAVE
THE POLITICS AS CLEAN AS
POSSIBLE.
POSSIBLE.
POSSIBLE. I THINK THERE IS CERTAINLY A
WORRY IF DEMOCRATS CONTROL
HOUSE CAN TURN INTO NOTHING
MORE THAN A POLITICAL WHICH
CAN'T SO I HOPE THAT THEY ARE
SINCERE IN THEIR EFFORT --
POLITICAL WITCH HUNT -- I HOPE
IT IS NOT A FOR LEFT-LEANING
DISTRICT BUT I THINK THAT
ESPECIALLY IF SOMETHING IS
SOLELY POLITICAL WITH POLITICAL
MOTIVATION I THINK DR. SCHRIER
IS GOING TO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT
WHO SHE IS REPRESENTING WHEN SHE
IS THERE AND NOT PLAY INTO
THOSE PARTY LINES.
>> CONGRESSMAN REICHERT'S
ADVICE AS WELL.
LET'S LOOK AT STATE RACES WHERE
WE ARE STILL COUNTING BALLOTS
THAT INCLUDES 26th LEGISLATIVE
DISTRICT PARTS OF KITSAP AND
PIERCE COUNTIES.
PIERCE COUNTIES. WE HAD THE LEAD GOING BACK AND
FORTH IN THIS ONE.
A FEW DIFFERENT SWAPS BUT THE
DEMOCRAT IS CURRENTLY UP WITH
BALLOTS STILL BEING COUNTED.
AND THE 42nd ALSO VERY CLOSE
THIS ONE LIKELY HEADED TO A
RECOUNT.
RECOUNT.
RECOUNT. OVERALL, AT THIS POINT WHEN YOU
TAKE ALL THAT INTO
CONSIDERATION DEMOCRATS PICKING
UP AT LEAST TWO SEATS IN THE
STATE SENATE WITH THE LAST
RACES STILL TOO CLOSE TO CALL.
TURNING TO THE HOUSE DEMOCRATS
POISED TO PICK UP SOMEWHERE
AROUND SEVEN SEATS WITH SOME
RACES ALSO TOO CLOSE TO CALL.
>> I THINK THIS IS ALWAYS GOING
TO BE A LITTLE TOUGHER OF AN
ELECTION FOR REPUBLICANS.
WE HAVE SEEN THAT BUT THIS
ISN'T A BIG BLUE WAY.
I DON'T THINK ANYTHING IS
TOTALLY UNEXPECTED.
TOTALLY UNEXPECTED. COMING OUT OF THE PRIMARY
DEMOCRATS FIRM POSITION TO TAKE
18 SEATS I BELIEVE.
REPUBLICANS UNDER 50% IN THE
18th.
18th.
18th. PRIMARY WINNER GOES ON TO WIN
THE GENERAL 93% OF THE TIME.
WE ARE GOING FROM 18th TO HAVE
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. PRETTY REMARKABLE. A REMARKABLE
COMEBACK. IT IS HISTORIC.
>> WHAT YOU SAW WAS THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY THAT SHIELDED
OLD CANDIDATES AND OLD IDEAS IN
THE CYCLE.
THE CYCLE. YOU HAVE SUSAN HUTCHINSON
RUNNING AS YOUR SENATE
CANDIDATE, DINO ROSSI LOSING
FOR THE FOURTH TIME TO A WOMAN
IN A RACE EITHER STATEWIDE OR
CONGRESSIONAL.
CONGRESSIONAL. YOU REALLY ARE PUTTING OLD
IDEAS OUT THERE.
FOR DEMOCRATS LOOK AT THE
DIFFERENCE IN OUR CANDIDATES
AND WHAT HAPPENED IN THOSE
DISTRICTS.
DISTRICTS. WE WENT AFTER TOUGH, SWING
DISKETTES -- DISTRICTS.
TO MAKE SURE WE WERE ORGANIZING
IN EACH AND EVERY ONE IT REALLY
PAID OFF.
PAID OFF.
PAID OFF. THE 47th DISTRICT AGAINST JOE
FAIN, ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THAT.
WE HAVE GREAT WOMEN WHO HAVE
COME IN THE OFFICE, WHO ARE
INCREDIBLY DIVERSE, OTHER
DIVERSE CANDIDATES AS WELL.
NOW, WOMEN ARE IN THE MAJORITY
IN THE STATE HOUSE IN
WASHINGTON STATE, THANKS TO
DEMOCRATS ELECTED.
DEMOCRATS ELECTED. WOMEN ARE LEADING IN THE STATE
SENATE AS WELL.
AGAIN A WHOLE DIFFERENT SET OF
CANDIDATES.
CANDIDATES. EMILY UP BY 88 VOTES IN THE 26.
WE THINK EMILY RANDALL WILL BE
THE SENATOR THERE.
I THINK IN THE 42nd WE WILL BE
FIGHTING IT OUT THE CANVAS
BOARD SEEN WHAT HAPPENS ON THE
LAST VOTES LEFT TO CAMP.
FOR DEMOCRATS WE BUILT A NEW
FLOOR AFTER REALLY NOT TAKING
THE ENTIRE STATE SERIOUSLY.
WE ARE HERE TO EXPAND ON THAT
FLOOR IN EVERY SINGLE COUNTY IN
THE STATE DEMOCRATS DIDDLY 6%
BETTER THAN THEY DID IN THE
PRESIDENTIAL YEAR.
PRESIDENTIAL YEAR. SOME BY MORE THAN THAT.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP
BUILDING ON THAT IN 2019 AND