Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp-Perez (D-WA), one of the most conservative Democrats in the House, won reelection against Republican Joe Kent.
The Associated Press called the race for Perez at 6:36 p.m. on Saturday, with 95% of the vote counted. Perez received 52.1% of the vote to Kent’s 47.9%.
Perez frequently breaks with the House Democratic caucus, particularly on votes related to the border and the economy. She’s been a consistent critic of her own party, telling the New York Times in July that they “don’t respect people that work for a living.”
Perez was one of the only House Democrats to decline to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris following President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the presidential race. She later suggested Harris didn’t care about the working class in her district after she appeared to roll her eyes following a comment from Perez that the plastic…
