A few items of local interest

--WA-Sen: Mike McGavick
"McGavick misstated details of DUI arrest"

U.S. Senate candidate Mike McGavick ran a red light, reeked of alcohol, failed a roadside sobriety test and fell asleep during police processing on a 1993 drunken-driving charge, according to a Maryland police report.

--WA-08: Dave Reichert
"Sheriff Reichert's supervision questioned in bizarre arson"

Dave Reichert knew for weeks in 1996 that a sergeant under his command was meddling in a felony arson investigation, but kept him on the job despite a policy that would have allowed Reichert to remove him, according to interviews and court documents.

--WA-08: Dave Reichert
"Reichert touts law record, but critics don't see it his way"

(Frank) Atchley, another supervisor (in the King County Sheriff's office), said Reichert "actually was more of an impediment to the investigation (of the Green River killer)."

"He was probably the worst detective I've ever worked with," Atchley said. "He developed tunnel vision."