Perez currently leads Republican Joe Kent 50.8% to 49.2%, a margin of 4,621 votes, with 70% of the vote counted. The win for Perez is a seat Democrats have held since 2011. The seat was held by Republican Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, who lost her primary race after being one of 10 Republicans to vote to impeach former President Donald Trump for his role in the January 2021 Capitol riot. 2022 MID-TERM ELECTION RESULTS: DEMOCRATS NEED JUST SEVEN SEATS TO TAKE HOUSE MAJORITY Democratic candidate Marie Gluesenkamp Perez has been declared the winner in the House race for Washington’s 3rd Congressional District (AP Images) Gluesenkamp Perez — who co-owns an auto shop with her husband just across the Columbia River in Portland, Ore. — said that as a small business owner who lives in a rural part of the area, she’s more aligned with voters. Kent, a former Green Beret who had been endorsed by Trump, called for the impeachment of President Joe Biden and an investigation into the 2020 election. DEMOCRATS WORRY ABOUT TRUMP’S IMPACT ON MIDWIFE AS CONTROL OF CONGRESS HANGS IN THE BALANCE Joe Kent, retired Army Special Forces warrant officer, and GOP candidate for Washington’s 3rd Congressional District (Joe Kent campaign) “What the media is saying is irrelevant, it’s another narrative designed to keep voters from healing the polls and force me to admit – it’s not going to happen,” Kent tweeted at the time of the AP call. . The results of about a dozen congressional races across the country are still outstanding, and all the Republicans need to successfully flip the chamber are seven of them. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP The American flag flies at half-staff over the U.S. Capitol, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) So far, following the results of Tuesday’s midterm elections, Republicans have secured 211 of the 435-member House — just short of a 218-member majority. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Andrew Mark Miller is a writer at Fox News. Find him on Twitter @andymarkmiller and email tips at [email protected]
