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Republican state Senate candidate, Michael Baumgartner, officially kicked off his campaign last Friday with a breakfast fundraiser. Baumgartner, a former employee of the U.S. Department of State who worked in both Afghanistan and Iraq, is challenging Sen. Chris Marr in the 6th District.

The keynote speaker at the breakfast — other than the candidate, naturally — was state Attorney General Rob McKenna, but the people attending were treated to two videos, one featuring Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers, the other showing just how super great Baumgartner is (with a patriotic soundtrack).

Here's McMorris Rodgers endorsing Baumgartner:

And here's the other (where like every Republican candidate in Washington endorses the dude):