KCGOP

Vandals tore open the tent, flipped over the table holding candidates' literature and set parts of the display on fire.

SEATTLE - The King County Republican Party reports that their booth at Seattle's Bumbershoot festival was vandalized Sunday evening.

The vandals tore open the closed tent, flipped over the table holding candidates' literature and set parts of the display on fire. A person at a neighboring booth saw the flames and extinguished them before more damage was done.

The KCGOP says this is the first time in five years at the festival that their booth has had an incident of vandalism.

"There is just no room for this type of behavior in an important year such as this one," said King County GOP Chairman Lori Sotelo. "This incident sadly obscures what has otherwise been a great experience for us at Bumbershoot."

No suspects have been identified.