Eastern Adams County's Only Independent Voice Since 1887
Eastern Adams County's Only Independent Voice Since 1887
Announcements stem from impeachment
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 president from office.
“As patriotic Americans, we find ourselves at the whim of a small but radical faction that seeks to control us, cancel us and belittle our traditional values,” Sessler said. “We need even more of the bold leadership we have seen in recent years to oppose the radical leftist agenda that is determined to destroy America.”
Sessler is a Navy veteran, entrepreneur and a former NASCAR driver.
His new webpage describes his as an America first advocate and “determined to serve his country once again, this time as Central Washington’s representative in Congress.
Sessler is vowing to continue America first policies, while defending district families and farmers from a “bloated government bureaucracy and an out of control leftist minority.”
After graduating high school, Sessler served as a petty officer aboard the USS Constellation in the U.S. Navy, having earned the U.S. Navy Achievement Medal.
Now a vegetarian, Sessler survived Stage IV cancer after only being given a 5% chance to live.
Sessler isn’t the first to announce a primary challenge against Newhouse, whom many see as a career politician.
Roger Harnack is owner/publisher of Free Press Publishing. An award-winning journalist, photographer, editor and publisher who grew up in Eastern Washington, he's one of only two Washington state journalists ever to receive the international Golden Quill for editorial/commentary writing. Roger is committed to preserving local media, and along with it, a local voice for Eastern Washington.
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