Republican Concedes to Democrat in US House Race With Narrow Margin

Democrats have flipped a U.S. House of Representatives seat representing Washington state, the Republican candidate for the seat acknowledged on Dec. 21.
Joe Kent, the GOP candidate for the seat representing Washington’s 3rd Congressional District, announced he’d called his rival to concede after a recount ended.
“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.”
Kent, a military veteran, and Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, owner of an automobile shop, finished in the top two in the nonpartisan primary election, leaving incumbent Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-Wash.) on the outside….}