Michael Baumgartner

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Carmela Conroy is trailing Michael Baumgartner by less than one percentage point in the tight race to represent Eastern Washington in the U.S. House of Representatives on election night.

Spokane, WA — Carmela Conroy said every ballot still mattered as early returns showed her trailing Michael Baumgartner by less than 1% in the race for the U.S. House in District 5.

With numbers still coming in from counties across District 5, Conroy said the contest remained too close to call. Her campaign spent the night focused on making sure every vote was counted.

"We're going to have to make sure we get every single vote that we can get. It is too close to call right now. We're demonstrating that democracy is real, and it's real here in Eastern Washington," Conroy said.

NBC News projects that Democrats have won control of the U.S. House.

"If I do make it out, I will be part of the majority. It means I will be able to do more of the problem solving because groceries, gas and diesel have all gotten so expensive, to preserve our rural hospitals to make sure they don't go under, to make Medicaid easy for people to get to and hopefully restore the tax credit for affordable care act policies," Conroy said.

Bringing down daily costs for families is a main focus of the Conroy Campaign.

"We need to restore the bipartisan norm that gave businesses predictability, so they can know when the next shipment is going to cost them. Hopefully, that is going to also go in the direction of giving our farmers access to overseas markets," Conroy said.

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