Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) gained a new GOP primary challenger on Monday after former Senate candidate Tiffany Smiley announced she would run against one of the last pro-impeachment House Republicans in 2024.
Newhouse is one of two GOP members left in the House who voted in favor of impeaching former President Donald Trump. Though Washington state’s jungle primary allowed for Newhouse to fend off primary opponents easily in 2022, the entry of Smiley, a middle-ground Republican who ran a competitive race against Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), could narrow the congressman’s chances of reelection.
“It’s time for fresh leadership,” Smiley said in an interview with the National Review. “We have an invasion at the border. We have unrest in our own country. We have an economy where families
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