Few surprises in Washington state congressional primaries

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Voters offered few surprises Tuesday in Washington races for Congress, with the candidates of the current party leading in two open seats and incumbents leading in most competitive races.

While not a battleground state, Washington’s open seats in the coastal 6th Congressional District and the 5th Congressional District in the Spokane area may factor into what is expected to be a tight race for party control of Congress.

Meanwhile, in Central Washington’s 4th Congressional District, U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse’s bid for another term in Congress is far from certain, with one Republican challenger currently leading the primary and another a few percentage points behind.

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Longtime incumbent U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell won the primary with 57.83% after the first vote drop. Republican challenger Raul Garcia is currently second with 21.23%.

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https://crosscut.com/politics/2024/08/few-surprises-washington-state-congressional-primaries

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1. Public lands is a surprise

As it sits right now, the top two are the two Republican candidates.

Another illustration of why the top-two primary system is a bad, bad idea, regardless what good it was originally intended to do.