Sixth District Democratic Conressman Derek Kilmer is on his way to a second term in the U.S House of Representatives after tallying nearly 63 percent of the vote in his race against Republican challenger Marty McClendon Tuesday night.
Kilmer garnered 91,606 votes districtwide, compared to McClendon’s 53,808.
In the Third District, Republican Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler was also comfortably ahead of Democrat Bob Dingethal, garnering 80,764 votes (60.6 percent) compared to Dingethal’s 52,460.
In Grays Harbor County, Kilmer bested McClendon by more than 4,000 votes, taking 65.45 percent of the county’s ballots as of election night. Kilmer was elected to the House in 2012. The sixth district includes Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Kitsap, Mason and Pierce counties.
Before being elected to Congress, Kilmer was a member of the Washington State Senate.
Kilmer has co-sponored No Budget, No Pay legislation, which says that if Congress doesn’t pass a budget, its members won’t get paid. When it comes to his stance on oil-by-rail in Washington, Kilmer says rail cars need to be safe and also stresses the importance of thinking about alternative energy sources. At a Congressional forum in October, Kilmer said the use of fossil fuels domestically and around the world need to be reduced.
“Do we want to see continued dependence on fossil fuels?” he asked. “There’s the question of rail safety and I think ther’e an appropriat role, to ensure we’re protecing the public.”
Beutler, the second-youngest female U.S. representative, first took office after winning election in 2010. Her district includes Lewis, Pacific, Wahkiakum, Cowlitz, Clark, Skamania and Klickitat counties, in addition to a small part of southern Thurston County. Beutler is a former State representative for the 18th Legislative District.
Herrera Beutler garnered more than 55 percent of the vote in Pacific County.
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