# Dan Newhouse Republican U.S. Representative for central Washington's 4th district, covering Yakima and the Tri-Cities (since 2015). Born July 10, 1955, in Sunnyside, Washington, he comes from farming and agriculture. He served in the state House (2003–2009) and as state agriculture director (2009–2013). He is one of the two House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump in 2021 and are still serving, and he is retiring in January 2027. ## The second impeachment Newhouse voted against the first impeachment in 2019 and for the second on January 13, 2021, one of ten Republicans (see [[Trump Second Impeachment]]). He called the article flawed but said there was "no excuse" for Trump's failure to act. ## How he survived Washington uses a top-two primary (see [[Jungle Primary]]): all candidates run on one ballot and the top two advance regardless of party. That system is what kept him in office. - **2022** — He advanced with 25.5% in a split primary and won the general easily against a Democrat. - **2024** — He finished second in the primary, behind Republican challenger Jerrod Sessler, 33.1% to 23.4%. Because Sessler was the other finalist, the November race was Republican against Republican, and Newhouse won it **52.0% to 46.2%**. Six of the ten ran again in 2022. The three facing partisan Republican primaries ([[Liz Cheney]], [[Peter Meijer]], [[Tom Rice]]) all lost. Of the three in top-two states, two survived (Newhouse, and [[David Valadao]] in California). The third, [[Jaime Herrera Beutler]], finished third under the same Washington rules. The top-two system is no shield, but it changes the math: a defector only has to finish second to reach the whole electorate. ## The Al Green censure In March 2025 Newhouse wrote the resolution censuring Democrat [[Al Green]] for disrupting Trump's joint address. It passed **224–198–2** on March 6. A Republican who had voted to impeach Trump thus authored the punishment of the member who has done most to try to impeach him again. ## Retirement In **December 2025** Newhouse announced he would not seek a seventh term in 2026. ## KB significance Newhouse shows that the defector purge ran through the primary system. Where only Republican primary voters decided, every defector who ran lost. Both survivors came from states where the full electorate gets a second look. See the defector pattern on [[Trump Impeachments Timeline]]. ## Related - [[Trump Second Impeachment]] - [[Trump Impeachments Timeline]] - [[David Valadao]] - [[Jungle Primary]] - [[Al Green]]