A U.S. House Republican who voted to impeach President Donald Trump advanced to the general election with a weakened advantage.
Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.), the incumbent congressman of the 4th district in Washington state, received 25.48 percent of all the 139,806 votes in the nonpartisan primary held on Aug. 2. He is going to face Democrat Doug White, who got a very close 25.38 percent, in the general election.
Loren Culp, the Republican candidate who was endorsed by Trump, had around 6,000 fewer votes than the primary winners.
Though President Joe Biden won Washington state in the 2020 presidential election, Trump led him with a 19-point advantage in the 4th Congressional district….