Editing George Nethercutt (section)

{{Short description|American lawyer, author, and politician (1944–2024)}}
{{sources|date=June 2024}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name        = George Nethercutt
| image name  = George Nethercutt (high-resolution portrait).jpg
| birth_name  = George Rector Nethercutt Jr.
| birth_date  = {{birth date|1944|10|7}}
| birth_place = [[Spokane, Washington]], U.S.
| death_date  = {{death date and age|2024|06|14|1944|10|07}}
| death_place = [[Colorado]], U.S.
| state       = [[Washington (state)|Washington]]
| district    = [[Washington's 5th congressional district|5th]]
| term_start  = January 3, 1995
| term_end    = January 3, 2005
| predecessor = [[Tom Foley]]
| successor   = [[Cathy McMorris Rodgers]]
| party       = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| spouse      = {{marriage|Mary Beth Socha|1977}}
| children    = 2
| education   = {{nobr|[[Washington State University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])}}<br />[[Gonzaga University School of Law|Gonzaga University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])
}}

'''George Rector Nethercutt Jr.''' (October 7, 1944 – June 14, 2024) was an American lawyer, author, and politician. A member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]], he rose to national attention upon his election to the U.S. House of Representatives in [[1994 United States House of Representatives elections|1994]], when he defeated [[Tom Foley]], the [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|speaker of the house]], in [[Washington's 5th congressional district]]. Nethercutt served five terms and left the House in 2004, when he mounted [[2004 United States Senate election in Washington|an unsuccessful bid]] for the U.S. Senate.