Former U.S. House Majority Leader Dick Armey will headline the Washington State Republican Party's fall dinner. Armey was one of the architects of the Republicans' 1994 Contract with America. He is now chairman of Freedom Works, the group created from the merger of his Citizens for a Sound Economy and Jack Kemp's Empower America, and a lobbyist at DLA Piper, where Jennifer Dunn also works.

The Sept, 29 event at the airport Hilton also will honor former state party chairman Ken Eikenberry, who will get the Slade Gorton Lifetime Achievement Award.