Radio talk show Dave Ross is running for Congress after being recruited by the state party chair, Paul Barendt.
Alex Alben was the Dem front-runner, having been recruited to take on Jennifer Dunn, raised half a million so far and garnered the endorsements of most of the Congressional delegation and the Governor.
Washington State's primary is in September. We used to have a completely open primary but the state parties fought to have it changed. Currently it's a "Montana-style" primary where people are still free to vote in any party's primary, but they can only on that one party's ballot. But it's still not really settled and I'm told it could end up with both parties holding conventions and selecting candidates that way.
Further complicating things, Ross is planning to stay on the air until he officially files in July, which does seem rather unfair.
Ross has three months to put together a campaign and raise the money to beat Alben.