By Sam Roberts George R. Nethercutt Jr., who as a first-time candidate for Congress in 1994 defeated Thomas S. Foley of Washington State, making Mr. Foley the first House speaker to be ousted by ...

George R. Nethercutt Jr., a lawyer in Spokane, Wash., with limited political experience who beat his local congressman, House Speaker Thomas S. Foley (D), as part of a stunning GOP wave that ...

News Spokane Hundreds gather to remember former Congressman George R. Nethercutt Jr. July 23, 2024 Updated Tue., July 23, 2024 at 9:16 p.m. During the memorial for George R. Nethercutt Jr. at the ...

George Nethercutt ... Sue Myrick (R-N.C.); also pictured are, at left, California Rep. Andrea Seastrand and, at right, Ohio Rep. Frank Cremeans. | Mark Wilson/AP Nethercutt joined other 1994 ...

George Nethercutt Jr., a lawyer in Spokane ... and had served in the 1970s as chief of staff to Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) but had not run for office before challenging Foley.

Foley was the first speaker to lose a reelection bid since 1860. Rep. George Nethercutt, R-Wash., speaks to supporters, May 14, 2004, in Bellevue, Wash., after he officially announced his campaign ...

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 ...