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Thu Jul 18, 2024, 06:25 PM Jul 2024

In Central WA, 4th District race heats up in conservative showdown

Most election analysts expect Washington’s 4th Congressional District to remain Republican come November.

That’s usually good news for a candidate like U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse, an experienced incumbent — he’s been in Congress since 2015 — with a sizable chest of political contributions.

But as one of the two House Republicans still in Congress who voted to impeach President Donald Trump following the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, reelection to a sixth term isn’t a given.

Three years later, Trump is the Republican presidential candidate and remains at the center of a party that’s moved further right, even in Washington state.

Voters in Central Washington are deciding this election whether to stick with Newhouse — as they have in the last five elections — or shift to one of the two formidable challengers from his party who argue they’ll better represent the district in an anticipated second Trump presidential term.

https://crosscut.com/politics/2024/07/central-wa-4th-district-race-heats-conservative-showdown

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