Clint Didier, a Pasco-area rancher and former pro football player with strong ties to tea party organizations, is getting into the race to replace Doc Hastings in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Didier scheduled press conferences in Pasco and Spokane today to "make an announcement concerning the race" an early morning press release said. Doesn't say what the announcement is, but hardly anyone schedules two press conferences to say they are not running.

So we're betting he'll either say he's running, or forming an exploratory committee, which usually amounts to the same thing.

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