Republican candidate concedes in 3rd District race, backs Kent

Republican Leslie Lewallen has conceded the race for the 3rd Congressional District seat and endorsed fellow Republican Joe Kent, who currently is second in the primary.

In what looks to be a repeat of the 2022 general election matchup, U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, a Democrat, is leading the pack in southwestern Washington with 46.87% of the vote in early returns. Kent is second with 38.32%.

Lewallen, who ran as an alternative to Kent, received 12.43% of the vote.

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Perez defeated Kent in 2022, flipping the seat Democratic after incumbent U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler did not advance to the general election — she placed behind both candidates in that year’s primary. Herrera Beutler was one of 10 Republicans, along with Dan Newhouse of Washington’s 4th Congressional District, who voted to impeach Trump in 2021. She returned to politics this year when she decided to run for Public Lands Commissioner, where she is currently leading in the primary.

https://crosscut.com/briefs/2024/08/republican-candidate-concedes-3rd-district-race-backs-kent