Meet the 11 people who want to replace Dan Newhouse in Congress

Central Washington residents will vote in an open-seat congressional primary in August to choose among nearly a dozen candidates seeking to replace retiring U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse. Newhouse, a Republican from Sunnyside who was first elected in 2014, announced in December that he would retire at the end of his term. The race includes 11 candidates: six Republicans, one Democrat, one independent, one Cascade Party candidate, and two who list no party preference, under Washington’s top-two primary system. That means the two highest-vote getters advance to the general election regardless of party. The article notes that in 2022, the sole Democrat Doug White led the primary while Newhouse placed second, and Newhouse then won the general election. It also highlights party dynamics in 2024, when progressive support was split and Newhouse and Jerrod Sessler advanced, with Trump endorsing Sessler in the earlier primary cycle.