Rep. Dan Newhouse Survives Trump-Backed Primary Challenge

Republican Rep. Dan Newhouse has survived a primary challenge in Washington state’s Fourth Congressional District against opponents backed by former President Donald Trump.

Newhouse, a former state legislator and state cabinet member who voted to impeach Trump in 2021, has represented the district—which runs through the middle of the state—since 2015. He finished second in the nonpartisan blanket primary, with 24.5 percent of the vote, behind Trump-endorsed Republican candidate and former NASCAR driver Jerrod Sessler, who took 31.5 percent. The race was called by The Associated Press on Aug. 7 at 6:49 p.m. PST.

“The vast majority of this district who know Dan Newhouse well voted to end his congressional career, and unlike in 2022, Republicans succeeded in unifying behind a single campaign that stands for secure borders, traditional constitutional values, and a robust America First agenda,” Sessler’s campaign wrote in a statement to The Epoch Times. He accused Newhouse of voting “for warrantless surveillance of U.S. citizens, for the vaccine tracking database, for amnesty for illegal aliens, [and] for a red flag law to seize firearms without due process.”

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