The gap had widened between the congresswoman from Southwest Washington and the third place candidate, Joe Kent, who had 21% of the vote after a few days of ballot counting. Heidi St. John trailed further behind with 15% of ballots.
The 3rd Congressional District includes Clark, Cowlitz, Lewis, Pacific, Skamania, Thurston and Wahkiakum counties. Election officials in those jurisdictions reported on Thursday they had counted nearly 140,000 votes and had another 100,000 to count, but Herrera Beutler was coming in second place in nearly every county.
At issue in District 3, in the Vancouver, Wash., area, is whether a vote to impeach President Donald Trump after the Jan. 6 attack
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