Gingrich To Campaign In Seattle

House Speaker Newt Gingrich today visits the Puget Sound area for the second time in just over four months to campaign for a Washington state Republican congressman.

Gingrich, R-Ga., will speak at a noon luncheon at a downtown hotel benefiting freshman Rep. Rick White’s re-election campaign.

White, representing the Seattle-area 1st District, is a Bainbridge Island attorney unopposed in the September primary. His Democratic opponent in the November election will be either Don Stuart, an attorney and commercial fisherman, or Jeff Coopersmith, a former deputy prosecutor.

About 200 people are expected at the $150-a-plate luncheon, said Peter Schalestock, White’s campaign manager.