Dem Marie Gluesenkamp Perez Flips WA House Seat

The Guardian reports:

Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, an auto-shop owner who describes herself as an independent-minded Democrat, pulled off a victory against Joe Kent, a far-right “America First” ex-Green Beret who was endorsed by former president Donald Trump, in south-west Washington’s third congressional district on Saturday.

Combined with Rep Kim Schrier’s reelection to what Democrats feared was a vulnerable seat, Gluesenkamp Perez’s victory helped buoy party hopes of keeping a majority in the House.

Kent, who is a regular on conservative cable and podcasts, has called for the impeachment of president Joe Biden and an investigation into the 2020 election. He’s also railed against Covid-19 shutdowns and vaccine mandates and has called to defund the FBI after the search on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home for classified documents.

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Kent, endorsed by Trump, had beaten incumbent Republican Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler in the primary after she voted to impeach Trump for inciting the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol. Herrera Beutler had been reelected five times.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 13, 2022