Dan Newhouse does not regret impeachment vote 'at all,' but rejects electoral count reform bill

Washington Congressman Dan Newhouse is one of only two U.S. House Republicans who survived after voting to impeach former President Trump. The other GOP representatives either retired or lost their primary races.

KUOW caught up with Newhouse at the Yakima Sunfair Parade on Saturday, Sept. 24 where he was campaigning for re-election.

Asked if he now regrets his impeachment vote: “Not at all,” he said.

“There are times when you have to make decisions based on what’s good for the country,” Newhouse said.

But his impeachment vote did provoke a backlash. Several Republican challengers jumped into the primary to try and knock him off the ballot, including Trump-backed election denier Loren Culp. All failed, and Newhouse moved on to face Democrat Doug White in the November general election.

Now some Trump loyalists say they won't support Newhouse in the race for the 4th Congressional District.

“There's still a lot of people that are upset about it and angry about it. But I think it was the right thing to do, and I would do it again," Newhouse said.

It’s not clear if he has to worry about the upcoming November election. Residents in his district vote more Republican than any other congressional district in Washington state.

Meanwhile, Newhouse opposed an electoral count reform bill that passed in the U.S. House last week, mostly along partisan lines. The bill is supposed to stop efforts to subvert presidential election results in the future.

In contrast, Washington Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Buetler supported the vote count reform bill. And like Newhouse, she is a Republican who voted to impeach Trump. But unlike Newhouse, Herrera Buetler lost her primary battle to Trump-backed challenger Joe Kent and Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez.

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