Former GOP Rep. George Nethercutt, who defeated House Speaker Tom Foley in 1994, dies at 79
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Former GOP Rep. George Nethercutt, who defeated House Speaker Tom Foley in 1994, dies at 79
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — 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. Nethercutt died Friday near Denver of progressive supranuclear palsy, a rare, neurodegenerative brain disease, his son said in an email Monday. …

Former GOP Rep. George Nethercutt, who defeated House Speaker Tom Foley in 1994, dies at 79
Former U.S. Rep. George Nethercutt has died at age 79. Nethercutt was a Spokane lawyer with limited political experience when he ousted Democratic Speaker of the House Tom Foley in
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