Gluesenkamp Perez holds back GOP in competitive Washington House race

Democratic Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D) has won a second term in Washington state’s 3rd Congressional District, Decision Desk HQ projects.

Gluesenkamp Perez again defeated Republican Joe Kent, a retired Green Beret backed by former President Trump, in a closely watched rematch, keeping the southwestern Washington seat in Democratic control two years after her upset victory.

During the midterms, Kent beat out then-Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-Wash.), one of the handful...