Top issues in the 2018 midterms: Trump, Russia, trade and … vaccines?

In a combative twist in Washington’s 8th Congressional District primary, a Democratic doctor is out with mailers accusing her doctor opponent of opposing mandatory vaccination of children — drawing angry denials and counter-charges of dishonesty and desperation tactics.

The vaccination barb is being lobbed by Shannon Hader, a former top federal public-health official, against Kim Schrier, a longtime Issaquah pediatrician who has led Democrats in fundraising and polls as