Murray downs Nethercutt to retain Senate seat

By David Ammons
The Associated Press

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Murray, a former preschool teacher and state lawmaker, was taking 57 percent of the vote to Nethercutt's 41 percent. Her victory was based on a statistical analysis of the vote from voter interviews conducted for The Associated Press by Edison Media Research and Mitofsky International.

Nethercutt knocked off a sitting speaker of the U.S. House in 1994, but failed to get traction against the well-financed Senate incumbent. During the heated, expensive campaign, Nethercutt ran stinging TV ads that attempted to portray Murray as soft on terrorism. He also criticized her vote against the war in Iraq.

Exit polling showed Murray was preferred by women voters 61 percent to 39 percent, and by all age categories except those under 30.

Two other candidates, Libertarian J. Mills of Tacoma, and Green Party nominee Mark Wilson of Suquamish trailed badly.

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