Claim: Writing contributor for Fantasy Football Index, Luke Esser, was defeated for re-election in 2006 by Democratic challenger Rodney Tom who started his political career by being elected to Washington's House of Representatives in 2002.
Evidence: For much of the 1990s, Esser was a contributing writer to Fantasy Football Index, the nation's oldest and largest circulating fantasy football publication. He was defeated for re-election in 2006 by Democratic challenger and former Republican lawmaker Rodney Tom. In 1989, Tom began a career as a realtor with Windermere Real Estate. In 2002, Tom was elected to the state House of Representatives as a Republican by defeating Democrat Connie Espe by a 52 to 42% margin with 5% going to a third-party candidate. Rodney Tom is an American politician, who represented Washington's 48th Legislative District in the state Senate.