WASHINGTON _ Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, one of the GOP's three Hispanic congresswomen _ and one of its rising stars _ is at risk of losing her re-election campaign.
After trouncing her 2016 Democratic opponent in Washington's 3rd Congressional District by more than 20 percentage points, Herrera Beutler is facing a tougher-than-expected opponent in Carolyn Long, a Democrat who finished within 7 percentage points of Herrera Beutler in the state's August primary.
Herrera Beutler, first elected to the House of Representatives in 2010, is one of two Hispanic Republican women who can vote in Congress. A third, Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon, represents Puerto Rico and does not have a vote. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., the first Hispanic woman to ever serve in Congress, is retiring.
