central Washington. It included the counties of Lewis, Pacific, Wahkiakum, Cowlitz, Clark, Skamania, and Klickitat, as well as a small sliver of southern Thurston county. The incumbent was Republican Jaime Herrera Beutler, who was re-elected with 56.4% of the vote in 2020, but was eliminated in the primary. Despite every major election predictor predicting this race to be "Lean R" or better for Republicans, Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez won the seat by a small margin. The race has been called a microcosm of many of those across the U.S. Primary election Candidates Advanced to general Joe Kent (Republican), technology project manager, former U.S. Army chief warrant officer, former Green Beret, and widower of Shannon M. Kent Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Democratic), small business owner Eliminated in primary Oliver Black (American Solidarity) Chris Byrd (Independent) Leslie French (Republican), businessman Jaime Herrera Beutler (Republican), incumbent U.S. Representative Vicki Kraft (Republican), state representative from the 17th district Davy Ray (Democratic), college instructor, retired musician, and candidate for this district in 2020 Heidi St. John (Republican), author and speaker Withdrew Brent Hennrich (Democratic), installation site supervisor (endorsed Gluesenkamp Perez) Lucy Lauser (Democratic), artist, musician, and Skamania delegate for Bernie Sanders in 2016 Christopher Maynard (Democratic), business owner (endorsed Hennrich) Wadi Yakhour (Republican), former special assistant to the U.S. Department of the Interior and U.S. Navy veteran Endorsements Polling Results General election Predictions Polling Results District 4 Before redistricting, the 4th congressional district encompassed rural central Washington, including Yakima and Tri-Cities area. The incumbent is Republican Dan Newhouse, who has represented the 4th district since 2015. Newhouse was one of ten Republicans in the House to vote to convict Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial in the aftermath of the January 6th insurrection. As a result, Donald Trump targeted him in the primary and endorsed another GOP candidate, Loren Culp, as a result of Newhouse's vote. Newhouse defeated Culp in the blanket primary and advanced to the general election, which he won by garnering 68.1% of the vote. Primary election Candidates Advanced to general Dan Newhouse (Republican), incumbent U.S. Representative Doug White (Democratic), farmer Eliminated in primary Loren Culp (Republican), former Republic police chief, U.S. Army veteran, and nominee for Governor of Washington in 2020 Benancio Garcia III (Republican), U.S. Army veteran Corey Gibson (Republican), business owner Brad Klippert (Republican), state representative for the 8th district and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2004 and 2006