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The Seattle Times has endorsed Sen. Murray.  I must admit I am slightly surprised, given the somewhat conservative bent of their editorial page and the fact they endorsed Rossi twice for governor.

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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorials/2013112273_edit10murray.html

The Seattle PI hasn't endorsed yet but given the liberal bent of that paper it's a lock for Murray.  The Everett Herald has already endorsed Murray.

I think the major papers we haven't heard from yet are the PI, Tacoma News Tribune, The Olympian, The Columbian and The Spokane Spokesman Review.

The Seattle Times?

Wow.

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While this isn't any surprise considering their primary endorsement, it's downright bizarre from the perspective of two years ago: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorials/2013142434_edit13district08.html

The endorsement itself isn't terribly important, but we can't forget how the Seattle Times singlehandedly destroyed Darcy Burner in October 2008 with their front page slam piece. Their endorsement of DelBene at least suggests they won't do something like that again.

WHAT?

The Times endorsed DelBene over their favorite congressman Dave Reichert?