FILE - Republican candidate Joe Kent waits before taking the stage for a candidates debate Sept. 27, 2022, in Vancouver, Wash. (AP Photo/Rachel La Corte, File)

FILE - Republican Tiffany Smiley speaks Aug. 2, 2022, at a Republican Party event on Election Day in Issaquah, Wash. Smiley is seeking to unseat U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse in the 2024 primary next week. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

FILE - Rep.-elect Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash., joins new members of the House of Representatives on the steps of the Capitol for a group photo, in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

FILE - U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse speaks to the press in Yakima, Wash., Nov. 2, 2022. Newhouse, who is seeking a sixth term, will face off against Trump-endorsed candidate Jerrod Sessler along with Tiffany Smiley, in the 2024 primary next week. (Emree Weaver/Yakima Herald-Republic via AP, File)

FILE - Rep. Kim Schrier addresses supporters at the Democrat election party Nov. 8, 2022, in Bellevue, Wash. Schrier is seeking in Washington state’s moderate 8th Congressional District. (Jennifer Buchanan/The Seattle Times via AP, File)

FILE - Attorney General Bob Ferguson speaks at an election night party for Democrats on Nov. 8, 2016, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

FILE - Then-Rep. Dave Reichert, R-Wash., speaks on Nov. 6, 2018, at a Republican party election night gathering in Issaquah, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)