SOF Background: Special Forces, CIA Field Operative
Running for: US House of Representatives, Washington District 3
Bio: Joe Kent is a retired 20-year veteran of our nation’s Special Forces and a widower raising his two young sons in Yacolt, Washington State. His first wife, who also served, was killed while fighting ISIS in Syria. Four years later, he married Heather Kaiser. Following his military service and work as a field operative in the CIA, Joe served as a foreign policy advisor and as a project manager for a technology company before retiring on his military pension in January of 2023 to devote himself fully to the campaign. Joe’s candidacy for US Congress is focused on restoring common sense Republican values.