However, in ousting Herrera Beutler in the August primary, voters now have a choice between Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, a working-class Democrat who often references the auto shop she owns with her husband, and Joe Kent, a President Trump-endorsed military veteran who aligns himself with the more far-right ideals of his party.
"We did much better than I think a lot of people thought we were going to do, and so we’re starting to move the Republican caucus," Kent said at a town hall event Monday. "They’re at least starting to acknowledge that a lot of people out here they count on for votes and financial support, that this is where the party is actually at ... it’s with the Trump 'America First' agenda."
