Joe Kent is campaigning differently. Will it make a difference?
Inside Violet Prairie Grange hall in Tenino, a crowd of about two dozen sits on folding chairs and benches awaiting Joe Kent, the man most, if not all, want to see elected this fall to represent southwest Washington in Congress.
Pastor Jim Gilman is among the first to greet the Republican candidate when he enters just before 6:30 p.m. and, after a brief chat, gets a selfie. Gilman, of neighboring Bucoda, voted for Kent in 2022 and is eager to do so again.
“I’m a conservative. He’s pro-USA. And he sticks to his principles,” said Gilman on Monday evening.
Moments later, Kent launches into a nearly 20-minute soliloquy followed by more than an hour of fielding questions and commentaries. The former Army Special Forces soldier spoke with swagger and a periodic dash of bombast as he bounced between subjects, in a manner reflective of former president Donald Trump, who endorsed Kent in 2022.
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Hopefully not.