Dave George Reichert (R)
About The Candidate
- Office Sought: Representative, Washington (8)
- Birth Date: Aug. 29, 1950
- Occupation: Sheriff
- Religion: Lutheran
- Web site: http://www.house.gov/reichert/
Education
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Concordia Lutheran University, AA
Dave Reichert was born in Detroit Lakes, Minn., grew up in suburban Seattle and lives in Bellevue. He graduated from Concordia Lutheran College in Portland, Ore.
Reichert started his law enforcement career in 1972 as a patrol officer in south King County. He became a detective five years later and was named the lead investigator of what became the Green River serial killings in 1982, soon after the first bodies were found.
The Green River case would define Reichert's career. The break came in 2001, early in his second term as sheriff, when new DNA technology led to the arrest of a longtime suspect who later pleaded guilty to killing 48 women.
Reichert was elected to the U.S. House in 2004. He and his wife live in rural southeast King County and have three children.
