Washington: Republican candidate Michael Baumgartner was re-elected from Eastern Washington’s 5th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives following Monday’s vote count. Baumgartner of Spokane won with 51.7% of the votes in a fiercely contested race. The opposing Democratic candidate, Carmel Conroy, secured 47.9% of the votes. This election marked the best performance by a Democratic candidate in this district in the past 30 years. Initially, the two candidates were separated by only about 1 percent, but Baumgartner secured a decisive lead in the final rounds of vote counting. He was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2024.
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Original Malayalam report: Malayalam Daily News
