Newhouse's primary success rare among GOP impeachment voters
U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse was one of 10 Republicans who voted to impeach Trump last year, and is one of only two to beat back GOP challengers this year.
Newhouse was the leading vote-getter in the race for his seat in the Aug. 2 Washington primary election, despite withering criticism from Trump and a Trump-backed challenger.
U.S. Rep. David Valadao, R-Calif. - who like Newhouse ran in a top-two open primary - also prevailed two months ago.
"The short answer is this: Newhouse benefitted from our Top 2 primary system, especially given there was a legitimate Democrat running," Todd Schaefer, a political science professor at Central Washington University, wrote in an e-mai
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