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Old 11-12-2022, 08:58 AM   #7555
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You want a really cool under-the-radar upset? It looks like Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D) is about to win the WA-03 seat. It hasn't been called yet and there's some way to go, but it's looking increasingly likely that she might take this seat from the Republicans. It's a rural, red district where, since redistricting in 2010, Republicans have won easily in every election. It's an R +9 seat, as per 538.

This is, of course, Jamie Herrera Beutler's seat. She was one of the ten Republicans who dared to vote to impeach the orange overlord and one who supported the January 6 commission, and so of course MAGA primaried her. She narrowly lost the primary to MAGA choice Joe Kent, who has been endorsed by Trump, Gaetz, Flynn, Gosar and friends ... that's really all you need to know about him.

Well, they seat might instead go to a young, working-class auto shop owner, who doesn't take money from corporate PACs, who wasn't heavily supported by the party and who focused on a well-run grassroots campaign. The latest numbers suggest Gluesenkamp Perez is leading Kent by 2.3 points, and the outstanding ballots might give her enough edge to pull it off.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1590919970342723584

I really hope she makes it. These are the kind of races that show that, in spite of the insanity you see elsewhere, not everything is lost just yet.

Give it 2 months before progressives turn on her because she won't support gun control or some other topic that isn't popular in her riding.
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