Mark Miloscia launches Senate campaign as a Republican – but he’s still a Democratic PCO

http://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2014/03/mark-miloscia-launches-senate-campaign-as-a-republican-but-hes-still-a-democratic-pco.html

Last night, we reported here on the NPI Advocate that ex-Democratic State Representative Mark Mloscia had filed paperwork to challenge his former colleague Tracey Eide for state Senate… as a Republican.

This morning, Miloscia officially launched his campaign and announced endorsements from State Republican Party Chair Susan Hutchison, King County Republican Chair Lori Soetelo, unsuccessful gubernatorial and senatorial candidate Dino Rossi, and Republican legislators Linda Kochmar and Bruce Dammeier.

In his news release, he borrowed from the Republican playbook to attack Eide, who has represented the district since 1998, claiming, “Senator Eide and I have very different voting records… I opposed reckless spending and tax increases while Senator Eide supported them. I supported innovative approaches to improving our schools, while Senator Eide opposed them and cut funding.”

(Miloscia did not elaborate, or cite any specific roll call votes).