Congressional primary races in Washington state are attracting outsized attention.
One of the last remaining U.S. House Republican s who voted to impeach Donald Trump will go against two conservative candidates in Washington .
And in the 3rd District, Trump-endorsed Joe Kent is trying to unseat Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, who defeated him two years ago. That race is expected to see one of the tightest general elections in the country.U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse, who is seeking a sixth term, will face off against Trump-endorsed candidate Jerrod Sessler along with Tiffany Smiley, a former nurse who has made Trump a focus of her campaign, in the reddest congressional district in Washington state.
"The Trump impeachment vote and Newhouse's views about Trump were probably more important two years ago. And yet he survived that primary. And he won pretty handily in the general election," said Cornell Clayton, director of Washington State University's Thomas S. Foley Institute for Public Policy and Public Service. "I mean he's got support in that community."
As of July 17, Newhouse, who was endorsed by the NRA and the National Right to Life, had raised $1.6 million — more than twice as much as Smiley and far more than the $409,000 raised by Sessler. "Joe Kent went on to lose in the general election to a Democrat, which was a shocker and nobody really expected that," said Clayton. "And given the fact that he had Trump's endorsement, raised quite a bit of money, had quite a bit of media exposure, there is a sense that maybe he's too extreme for that district."
Gluesenkamp Perez has far outraised her challengers, with $6.7 million. She supports abortion access and policies to counter climate change, but also increased border security to curb the fentanyl crisis and speaks openly about being a gun owner.Imraan Siddiqi has made the war in Gaza the centerpiece of his platform and has gained some traction as he derides Schrier for her approach, which often aligns with Biden's.
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