Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Reagan Dunn will challenge Kim Schrier for seat in Congress

A white man with dark hair wears a white shirt, green and black striped tie and a dark suit jacket.
King County
Reagan Dunn

King County Councilmember Reagan Dunn will run for Washington’s 8th Congressional District House seat, seeking an office once held by his mother.

Dunn, a Republican, told The Seattle Times Monday he will challenge Democratic incumbent Rep. Kim Schrier.

The announcement sets up a potential top-tier challenge for the congressional seat that had been held by Republicans since the district was created in 1983 until Schrier won it for Democrats in 2018.

Dunn, 50, has been a member of the county council since 2005. Schrier, 53, is a pediatrician in her second term in Congress.

Dunn's mother, the late Jennifer Dunn, was the 8th District representative from 1993 to 2005.

The Associated Press (“AP”) is the essential global news network, delivering fast, unbiased news from every corner of the world to all media platforms and formats. On any given day, more than half the world’s population sees news from the AP. Founded in 1846, the AP today is one of the largest and most trusted sources of independent newsgathering. The AP considers itself to be the backbone of the world’s information system, serving thousands of daily newspaper, radio, television, and online customers with coverage in text, photos, graphics, audio and video.