She's literally been healing children in the district for 16 years. Credit: ILLUSTRATIONS BY CHELCIE BLACKMUN

Shes literally been healing children in the district for 16 years.

She’s literally been healing children in the district for 16 years. ILLUSTRATIONS BY CHELCIE BLACKMUN

Kim Schrier is probably going to make it through the primary and face Dino Rossi in the fall.

She’s lived in Issaquah for 16 years. She’s a woman, and this is shaping up to be the Year of the Woman. She’s a doctor, a pediatrician, and this is the year when health-care reform ranks as the major concern for voters in Washington’s 8th Congressional District. The Democratic Party has instructed its candidates to run on it, and those who run on it have seen positive results. And Schrier will be the first to tell you that electing her would mean sending a female physician to Congress, a place that currently has zero female physicians.

Rich Smith is The Stranger's former News Editor. He writes about politics, books, and performance. You can read his poems at www.richsmithpoetry.com