Republican Joe Kent called Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez to concede the election to represent Washington state’s 3rd Congressional District, following a recount.
on the phone Wednesday to concede and offer his congratulations on her victory, he said, as the Columbian reported.
The call came after several counties completed individual machine recounts, a request Kent made, showing he narrowly lost. Republican Congressional candidate Joe Kent speaks at a campaign event on October 5, 2022 in Morton, Washington. "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."The recount showed only a minor difference from theNewly elected member of Congress Marie Gluesenkamp Perez takes photos on the steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC on November 15th, 2022.Rep.
Gluesenkamp Perez responded to the call with a post on Twitter Wednesday, where she wrote:"Democracy is alive and well in our corner of the country."
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