WA-03: Joe Kent (R)

Joe Kent was born in a cabin in Sweet Home, Oregon, and grew up in Portland, Oregon. Growing up, he spent time in the Cascades and Columbia River Gorge, thanks to Boy Scouts and Explorer Scouts.
When he was eighteen, he enlisted in the Army as an infantryman and earned his way into the Ranger Regiment and then Special Forces.
On Jan. 16, 2019, his wife Shannon Kent was killed fighting ISIS in Syria.
He moved back to the Pacific Northwest to get his sons closer to his parents and family. After living in Portland for a short time, he moved Yacolt, Washington.
He says, “I want to go forward and fight because I want to fight, and I know how to fight. This is for the future of our nation and the legacy that we will leave for our children.”
The above information was sourced from the candidate’s website.