The local crop of state legislators seems to be a mixed bag, with voting records that fluctuate rather significantly.
Hopefully a prominent, conservative non-politician will step up.
The filing deadline is still 3 1/2 months away but there’s no need for the GOP to delay needlessly. The Democrats who have filed so far are a pretty sorry lot, but that’s to be expected. I don’t anticipate the national Democrat party choosing to waste any time or money in this district, when they have far better options elsewhere to gain House seats.
You seem to be dialed into the local Eastern Washington politics much better than I. Please ping me with any revenant intel you pick up. I don’t trust the media or the GOP for squat.