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brooklynite

(96,882 posts) Wed Nov 9, 2022, 05:54 PM Nov 2022

Democrats may have finally won the WA-3 mirage...

It's been a Republican seat since 2010. Democrats have imagined it was vulnerable with the right candidate for years, and every election they came up short. But this year, the Republican (Jaime Herrera Beutler) lost the Republican Primary to Joe Kent after voting to Impeach Trump after Jan 6. As of this evening, the Democrat is winning by 11,000 votes (65% counted).

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Democrats may have finally won the WA-3 mirage... (Original Post) brooklynite Nov 2022 OP

Excellent.. Demovictory9 Nov 2022 #1

Possibly, but the Republican candidate was a Trump-endorsed extremist, in a moderate district. HeartachesNhangovers Nov 2022 #2

Demovictory9

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1. Excellent..

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Wed Nov 9, 2022, 06:08 PM

Nov 2022

HeartachesNhangovers

(851 posts)

2. Possibly, but the Republican candidate was a Trump-endorsed extremist, in a moderate district.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Nov 9, 2022, 06:19 PM

Nov 2022

Many local Republicans publicly endorsed the Dem candidate - Marie Gluesenkamp Perez. Ms Perez positioned herself - and seems to genuinely be - a moderate.

I don't know if this is a watershed event - indicating a swing towards the Dems - or the predictable result of having a hard-right Republican candidate with limited local appeal.

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