Former congressman is a proven ally of Washington state small businesses
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Patrick Connor, Washington State Director, [email protected]
or Tony Malandra, Senior Media Manager, [email protected]
OLYMPIA, Wash., Oct. 7, 2024—Dave Reichert is small businesses’ choice for governor of Washington, it was announced today by the political action committee for the state’s largest association of Main Street business owners.
“After 44 years of single-party control of the governor’s mansion, Washingtonians deserve a real change. This is why Main Street, mom-and-pop enterprises are so enthusiastic about Dave Reichert,” said Patrick Connor, state director for the National Federation of Independent Business, speaking for the NFIB WA PAC, which made the endorsement of Reichert for governor.
In Congress, Reichert served on the Ways & Means Committee and as chairman of the Tax, Human Resources, and Trade subcommittees. He was also a recipient of multiple NFIB Guardian of Small Business awards during his time in Congress. His background in law enforcement is a bonus in dealing with such small business issues as retail theft.
Among Reichert’s priorities are equalizing tax treatment for small business owners and pursuing market-based reforms, such as increasing competition among healthcare providers and insurers, allowing small businesses to band together to negotiate for better rates, and promoting transparency in pricing.
“These economic times call for small-business-friendly policies from Olympia, not more of the same misguided laws and regulations, like those we’ve seen over the past 12 years, that take more and more money out of workers’ pockets and make it harder for our small businesses to be successful,” said Connor.
The typical NFIB member employs between one and nine people and reports gross sales of about $500,000 a year. Check out the latest Small Business Problems & Priorities report which ranks the 75 issues of importance to small business. Keep up with the latest Washington state small-business news at www.nfib.com/washington or by following NFIB on Twitter @NFIB_WA or on Facebook @NFIB.WA
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For 80 years, NFIB has been advocating on behalf of America’s small and independent business owners, both in Washington, D.C., and in all 50 state capitals. NFIB is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, and member-driven association. Since our founding in 1943, NFIB has been exclusively dedicated to small and independent businesses and remains so today. For more information, please visit nfib.com.
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