Over the weekend, ABC News reported that Republican Rep. Dan Newhouse was projected to win reelection in Washington's 4th District. Newhouse is one of just two House Republicans still in office who voted to impeach Trump back in 2021, and it looks like both will win reelection. (David Valadao's race is still unprojected, but he is winning by a comfortable margin.)
But we already knew Newhouse's seat was a guaranteed hold for Republicans because Newhouse's opponent, Jerrod Sessler, was also a Republican. The Newhouse-Sessler race was one of seven same-party general elections for the House, a setup that's possible because of California's, Louisiana's and Washington's top-two primary systems. There were two other head-to-head matchups between Republicans on this year's ballot:
- In California's 20th District, Rep. Vince Fong is projected to defeat Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux 66% to 34%. Boudreaux withdrew from this race after Fong won a special election between the two of them earlier this year.
- In Louisiana's 4th District, Speaker Mike Johnson easily fended off teacher Joshua Morott 86% to 14%.
And here's how the Democrat-versus-Democrat races shook out:
- In California's 12th District, Bay Area Rapid Transit Board of Directors President Lateefah Simon is projected to defeat professor Jennifer Tran 64% to 36%.
- In California's 16th District, former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo is projected to hold off Assemblyman Evan Low 59% to 41%.
- In California's 34th District, Rep. Jimmy Gomez is projected to defeat David Kim 56% to 44% in what was the pair's third consecutive general-election matchup.
- Lastly, in Washington's 9th District, Rep. Adam Smith is projected to defeat nonprofit employee Melissa Chaudhry 68% to 32%.