The Associated Press has called the House race in Washington state’s 3rd Congressional District for Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez.
Perez currently leads Republican Joe Kent 50.8% to 49.2%, a margin of 4,621 votes, with 70% of votes counted.
The victory for Perez is a Democrat pickup of a seat that has been held by Republicans since 2011.
The seat had been held by Republican Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler who lost in her primary race after being one of the 10 Republicans to vote to impeach former President Donald Trump over his role in the Capitol Hill riot in January 2021.
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Democratic candidate Marie Gluesenkamp Perez has been declared the winner in the House race for Washington’s 3rd Congressional District
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Gluesenkamp Perez — who co-owns an auto shop with her husband just across the Columbia River in Portland, Oregon — said that as a small business owner who lives in a rural part of the district, she is more in line with voters.
Kent, a former Green Beret who was endorsed by Trump, has called for the impeachment of President Joe Biden and an investigation into the 2020 election.
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Joe Kent, a retired Army Special Forces chief warrant officer, and GOP candidate in Washington’s 3rd Congressional District
(Joe Kent campaign)
“What the media says is irrelevant, its another narrative designed to stop voters from ballot curing & to force me to concede – not gonna happen,” Kent tweeted around the time of the AP’s call.
The results of about two dozen congressional races across the country are still outstanding, and all Republicans need to successfully flip the chamber are seven of them.
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The American flag flies at half-staff over the U.S. Capitol, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022,
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So far, after Tuesday’s midterm elections results, Republicans have secured 211 seats of the chamber’s 435 members — just shy of a 218-member majority.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
