Rep. Dan Newhouse Survives Trump-Backed Primary Challenge

Newhouse, who finished second in the Washington state primary, voted to impeach Trump in 2021.

Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) questions Matt Albence, who was then-acting director of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, during a hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, on July 25, 2019. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Republican Rep. Dan Newhouse has survived a primary challenge in Washington state’s Fourth Congressional District against opponents backed by former President Donald Trump.

Newhouse, a former state legislator and state cabinet member who voted to impeach Trump in 2021, has represented the district—which runs through the middle of the state—since 2015. He finished second in the nonpartisan blanket primary, with 24.5 percent of the vote, behind Trump-endorsed Republican candidate and former NASCAR driver Jerrod Sessler, who took 31.5 percent. The race was called by The Associated Press on Aug. 7 at 6:49 p.m. PST.