Former GOP Rep. George Nethercutt, who defeated House Speaker Tom Foley in 1994, dies at 79
Former U.S. Rep. George Nethercutt, who was a Spokane lawyer with limited political experience when he ousted Democratic Speaker of the House Tom Foley as part of a stunning GOP wave that shifted national politics to the right in 1994, has died. He was 79.
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