Nascar driver to challenge Newhouse

PROSSER – Rep. Dan Newhouse’s refusal to support former President Donald J. Trump in January may cost him his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Over the weekend, another conservative Republican challenger announced his candidacy in a bid to unseat Newhouse in a primary challenge, even though the primary is more than a year away.

Jerrod Sessler, 51, of Prosser, announced his 4th Congressional District candidacy, citing Newhouse’s decision to back Democrats in the impeachment vote Jan. 13. Newhouse was one of only 10 Republican lawmakers to break ranks in the failed effort to remove the...