Representative Jaime Herrera Beutler of Washington, a Republican who voted to impeach former President Donald J. Trump and sharply criticized his actions leading up to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, conceded her primary Tuesday in a crowded race that included a Trump-backed challenger and other 2020 election deniers.
“Thank you, Southwest Washington, for entrusting me six times with the privilege of representing you in Congress,” she said in a statement, a week after polls closed in Washington State. “Though my campaign came up short this time, I’m proud of all we’ve accomplished together for the place where I was raised and still call home.”
Marie Perez, a Democrat, and Joe Kent, the Republican endorsed by Mr. Trump, were leading in the race, which had not yet been called. The eventual winners will square off in November to represent Washington’s Third Congressional District, which encompasses the southwestern corner of the state.
Ms. Herrera Beutler is one of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Mr. Trump over the Jan. 6 insurrection. She is the third to lose in a primary, after Tom Rice of South Carolina and Peter Meijer of Michigan. Two others survived their primaries, and four declined to seek another term. The 10th, Representative Liz Cheney of Wyoming, faces a primary challenge next week.
Ms. Herrera Beutler’s eight opponents included three Trump loyalists who denounced her impeachment vote: Mr. Kent, a retired Special Forces officer; Vicki Kraft, a...
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