But just two years later, Newhouse is surrounded by a crowded field of Republican candidates declaring they could better represent the primarily conservative 4th Congressional District.
That’s created much uncertainty in a primary that probably would have been easy to forecast following the 2020 election. The Aug. 2 primary will reveal whether vocal far-right views have a foothold among voters in the district covering eight Central Washington counties stretching from British Columbia to Oregon.
Newhouse fell out of favor with many conservatives when he voted to impeach former President Donald J. Trump over his actions during the Jan. 6 insurrection, just one of 10 Republicans in Congress to do so.
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