GOP Rep. Dan New­house fac­ing pri­ma­ry chal­lenge from Tiffany Smi­ley

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GOP Rep. Dan Newhouse facing primary challenge from Tiffany Smiley

Rep. Dan New­house (R‑WA) gained a new GOP pri­ma­ry chal­lenger on Mon­day after for­mer Sen­ate can­di­date Tiffany Smi­ley announced she would run against one of the last pro-impeach­ment House Repub­li­cans in 2024.
New­house is one of two GOP mem­bers left in the House who vot­ed in favor of impeach­ing for­mer Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump. Though Wash­ing­ton state’s jun­gle pri­ma­ry allowed for New­house to fend off pri­ma­ry oppo­nents eas­i­ly in 2022, the entry of Smi­ley, a mid­dle-ground Repub­li­can who ran a com­pet­i­tive race against Sen. Pat­ty Mur­ray (D‑WA), could nar­row the congressman’s chances of reelec­tion.
“It’s time for fresh lead­er­ship,” Smi­ley said in an inter­view with the Nation­al Review. “We have an inva­sion at the bor­der. We have unrest in our own coun­try. We have an econ­o­my where fam­i­lies are …