Dem chances of taking the House not dead
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Very impressive win in a +5 Republican district in a tough environment:
Democrat Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez has won a second term in the U.S. House of Representatives in the closely watched 3rd Congressional District race.
Her lead over Republican challenger Joe Kent continues to grow fractionally with each new batch of election results released.
According to Thursday evening returns posted by the Washington Secretary of State’s Office, Perez has 181,405 votes or 51.55 percent to Kent’s 169,155 votes or 48.07 percent — a difference of 12,250 votes.
The 3rd district includes Clark, Cowlitz, Skamania, Pacific, Wahkiakum and Lewis counties, along with a sliver of Thurston County.
Excellent work. And even if Dems don’t take the House every seat matters — the narrower the a Republican majority the harder it will be for them to get their worst agenda items passed, and this is also likely to be an environment in which Democrats are poised to do very well in special elections.