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House incumbent targeted by Trump faces tough primary in WA (next Tuesday 8/2)
everythinglubbock.com ^ | 7/25/22 | RACHEL LA CORTE

Posted on 07/25/2022 1:04:02 PM PDT by cotton1706

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — As one of two Republican members of Congress from Washington to have voted to impeach former President Donald Trump, Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler faces one of her toughest primaries since she was first elected to represent the southwest region of the state in 2010.

The number of Republicans in the race — including a former Green Beret endorsed by Trump — and the anger that the six-term congresswoman sparked among some in her party with her impeachment vote means Herrera Beutler could face a scenario that seemed unfathomable in her previous re-election bids: not making it through the primary.

“For me and my team and the way we look at it, it’s another tough election,” Herrera Beutler told The Associated Press. “I’m not changing course. I’m still the same Republican I’ve always been.”

Under Washington’s primary system, the top two vote getters in each race Aug. 2 advance to the November election, regardless of party. Washington is a vote by mail state, and voters don’t have to declare a party affiliation.

Rep. Dan Newhouse, a four-term congressman in the 4th Congressional District, is the other Washington state member of Congress who has drawn Republican challengers, including one endorsed by Trump, due to his vote.

Perhaps the best known outside candidate in Newhouse’s intraparty feud is Loren Culp, a former small town police chief who lost the 2020 governor’s race to Democrat Jay Inslee but refused to concede. He won Trump’s endorsement in February, but has lagged other candidates in reported fundraising figures.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: assistantdemocrats; elections; electionz; electionzzz; elekchunz; gopestablishment; herrerabeutler; rino; rinos; tds; trump; uniparty

1 posted on 07/25/2022 1:04:02 PM PDT by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

Good.


2 posted on 07/25/2022 1:07:54 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: cotton1706

Joe Kent should beat the Bush Leaguer with two last names if the people there have any sense at all.


3 posted on 07/25/2022 1:08:53 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: cotton1706

I saw an article earlier that said that Trump’s pick will most likely be drafted. We’ll just have to wait and see. It would be nice if Trump held a rally in Washington.


4 posted on 07/25/2022 1:10:27 PM PDT by euram
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To: cotton1706

“I’m not changing course. I’m still the same Republican I’ve always been.”

And there it is. She admits she’s utterly useless.


5 posted on 07/25/2022 1:14:48 PM PDT by Tea Drinker (Live From Sunny Tucson)
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To: cotton1706

Voted for Jarod Sessler against Newweasel.


6 posted on 07/25/2022 1:20:42 PM PDT by shotgun
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To: euram

The Tri Cities would love to host that rally.


7 posted on 07/25/2022 1:21:39 PM PDT by shotgun
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To: shotgun

“Voted for Jarod Sessler against Newweasel.”

NASCAR is likely preparing to attack Sessler for “claiming” that he once was a race car driver in NASCAR.

I know this because I’ve done a bit of work for NASCAR over the past several years, and last week one of their corporate suits contacted me to ask what I know about Sessler (which is nothing).

I have no idea whether Sessler is embellishing his resume, but I am 100% certain that there would be no issue here if Sessler wasn’t a Republican.

NASCAR is thought of as a “Republican” sport, but — trust me — any validity that stereotype has ends once you leave the garage. All the woke suits, bean-counters and techies at the corporate office in Charlotte are liberal weenies and are mostly imported from northern states or foreign countries.


8 posted on 07/25/2022 1:44:48 PM PDT by PermaRag (We have SO many targets, and -- for now -- the means to see they get what they deserve.)
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To: cotton1706

This says all you need to know…

“I’m not changing course. I’m still the same Republican I’ve always been.”


9 posted on 07/25/2022 1:56:36 PM PDT by bigfootbob (Arm Up and Carry On!)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Open primary. Lots of crossover voters.


10 posted on 07/25/2022 1:57:30 PM PDT by bigfootbob (Arm Up and Carry On!)
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To: Tea Drinker

Butler is just a tad less radical than Che’knee


11 posted on 07/25/2022 2:29:24 PM PDT by Glad2bnuts ((“If there are no absolutes by which to judge society, then society is absolute.” Francis Schaeffer,)
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To: PermaRag

NASCAR is thought of as a “Republican” sport

If it ever was, the Bubba Wallace debacle ruined that forever. That MIXED race driver, whose FATHER is white and has owned an industrial cleaning company since 1999. That MIXED race driver, whose mother attended the University of Tennessee, ran track for the school, and is a social worker.

Yet they created this ‘person’ that was a black, under privileged kid trying to make it in the ‘white man’s sport’.

Sadly, NASCAR officials, in an attempt to prop him up, gave him a win, due to rain delays in a race that was barely half way over.

And people lap this sh*t up like it’s nothing.


12 posted on 07/25/2022 4:30:23 PM PDT by qaz123
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To: cotton1706

Get rid of the Witch.


13 posted on 07/25/2022 5:03:56 PM PDT by tennmountainman ( Less Lindell CONS, More AZ Style Audits)
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To: Williams

Open primaries with mail in voting…


14 posted on 07/25/2022 5:10:59 PM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: cotton1706

Time to thin the herd of the weak.


15 posted on 07/25/2022 11:26:57 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (Figures )
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