This district went to Trump +4.
This was an election day batch that Kent was hoping would favor him. Not many votes left for him to close the gap with Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez.
Trump endorsed Joe Kent over long-time incumbent Jaime Herrera Beutler and she failed to reach the top 2 in the primary. Jaime Herrera Beutler voted to impeach Trump. Kent is an election denier MAGA dude who defended the January 6th insurrectionists.
Another example of MAGA losing seats that would have been winnable with more sane candidates.
Joe Kent was endorsed by Tulsi Gabbard (of course)
He won the primary against a long-time incumbent Republican after Trump endorsed him. The incumbent Republican voted to impeach Trump.
We already knew Tulsi sucked, but she really, really sucked.
One of the biggest upsets of 2022.