Brian Baird (D, WA-03) Bails out.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  December 9th at 08:43 PM  | 

He’s retiring (third Democrat from a at-risk district).  It’s a D+0 seat: contra the New York Times, Cook had it as being competitive (Likely Democratic), and that will be almost certainly be upgraded rather quickly.  Baird’s reasoning?  He wants to spend more time with his family.  Judging from the reactions of his colleagues, this sudden desire comes as a bit of a surprise. Interestingly, the | Read More »