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Democratic campaigner Marie Gluesenkamp Perez won the U.S. House spot for Washington state's 3rd Congressional District successful the 2022 election. Rachel La Corte/AP hide caption
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Democratic campaigner Marie Gluesenkamp Perez won the U.S. House spot for Washington state's 3rd Congressional District successful the 2022 election.
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Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez has won election to the U.S. House successful Washington state's 3rd Congressional District, according to a contention telephone by The Associated Press, providing Democrats with a notable pickup successful their bid to support the chamber.
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, an auto-shop proprietor who describes herself arsenic an independent-minded Democrat, bushed Republican Joe Kent, a Trump-endorsed campaigner with arguable ties to far-right figures.
Kent, an ex-Green Beret, narrowly topped incumbent Republican Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler successful a superior aft she drew Trump's ire for being 1 of 10 House GOP members to ballot for his impeachment.
Gluesenkamp Perez supports termination entree and policies to antagonistic clime change, but besides said she's a weapon proprietor who opposes a prohibition connected assault-style rifles, though she does enactment raising the property of acquisition for specified guns to 21. She wouldn't beryllium a "typical Democrat" successful Congress, she said.
"I americium humbled and honored by the ballot of assurance the radical of Southwest Washington person enactment successful maine and my campaign," Gluesenkamp Perez said successful a statement.
It's a notable pickup due to the fact that the Cook Political Report had labeled the territory arsenic "lean Republican." It's the archetypal contention successful a "lean" file truthful acold to beryllium won by the different party.
The 3rd District covers the southwest country of Washington state, on the Oregon border.
Material from The Associated Press was included successful this report.
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