Washington state’s 3rd Congressional District: Republican Joe Kent concedes to Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
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Republican Joe Kent called Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez to concede the election to represent Washington state’s 3rd Congressional District, following a recount.
The call came after several counties completed individual machine recounts, a request Kent made, showing he narrowly lost. Newly elected member of Congress Marie Gluesenkamp Perez takes photos on the steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC on November 15th, 2022. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Rep.-elect Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash., reacts after drawing her number in the House new member room lottery in the Cannon House Office Building on Friday, December 2, 2022. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
"I promised during the campaign that I would accept the outcome of the election, now definitively determined as the recount has concluded," Kent said in a statement. "This morning, I called my opponent to concede and offer my congratulations on her victory."
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