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Bill Bruch knows all about changing tides, having resided nearly half his 16 years in La Conner aboard a converted U.S. Army Corps of Engineers cargo ship and fireboat on Swinomish Channel.

Now he hopes to change the political tides in Olympia.

Bruch, a former La Conner Town Council member who has served on various panels here, is seeking the District 10 State House of Representatives seat held by Dave Paul, D-Oak Harbor.

Bruch has more than 30 years of business experience. He chairs the Skagit County Republican Party. He told the Weekly News his overriding philosophy “is to do the right...