DelBene, who’s vice chair of the Home Methods and Means Committee, was a part of the congressional delegation that joined Pelosi on her high-profile go to to Asia, together with a much-scrutinized cease in Taiwan.
However again residence in Washington state, the place it was nonetheless Tuesday, voters had been casting their ballots for a number of main races within the state. And whereas she was overseas, DelBene was projected to complete first in a nonpartisan main to characterize Washington’s 1st Congressional District, in line with the Related Press.
In Washington state, all candidates are listed on the identical main poll, no matter celebration, and the highest two finishers within the nonpartisan main advance to the overall election. DelBene, who has represented the solidly Democratic district since 2012, was anticipated to win handily. With an estimated 40 % of the votes counted, DelBene, the one Democratic candidate, led with 64 % of the vote. The second-place finisher remained undetermined.
