FILE - Rep. George Nethercutt, R-Wash., pauses after officially announcing his campaign for the U.S. Senate, May 14, 2004, in Bellevue, Wash. Nethercutt, who was a Spokane lawyer with little 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, died Friday, June 14, 2024, near Denver. He was 79. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
FILE - Rep. George Nethercutt, R-Wash., pauses while speaking in Olympia, Wash., Feb. 3, 2003. Nethercutt, who was a Spokane lawyer with little 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, died Friday, June 14, 2024, near Denver. He was 79. (AP Photo/Louie Balukoff, File)
FILE - Rep. George Nethercutt, R-Wash., speaks to supporters, May 14, 2004, in Bellevue, Wash., after he officially announced his campaign for the U.S. Senate. Nethercutt, who was a Spokane lawyer with little 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, died Friday, June 14, 2024, near Denver. He was 79. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
FILE - Rep. George Nethercutt, R-Wash., center holds hands with his wife Mary Beth, second from left, and North Carolina Sen. Elizabeth Dole, second from right, along with Nethercutt's daughter Meredith, far left, and son Elliott, far right, May 14, 2004, after Nethercutt officially announced his campaign for the U.S. Senate in Bellevue, Wash. Nethercutt, who was a Spokane lawyer with little 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, died Friday, June 14, 2024, near Denver. He was 79. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)