Gluesenkamp Perez Wins Third Term in Washington’s 3rd District
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez has won a third term representing Washington’s 3rd Congressional District, defeating Republican John Braun in a race called on November 4. The district has traditionally leaned Republican, and President Donald Trump carried it by more than three percentage points in 2024.
Gluesenkamp Perez led with 55% of the vote when the race was called. Braun had 44%. He is the Washington state Senate’s minority leader and runs a firm producing ambulances and other vehicles for emergency services.
Gluesenkamp Perez owns an auto repair shop. She has warned fellow Democrats that their connection with working-class voters is fading, and has sometimes drawn criticism from the left for breaking with party leaders. Her victory gives her a third term in the House.
Working-Class Democrat Gluesenkamp Perez Wins Third Term
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez’s reelection offers a win for a Democrat who has made working-class voters central to her message. She defeated Republican John Braun on November 4 to secure a third term representing Washington’s 3rd Congressional District, a seat in a district that has traditionally leaned right.
Gluesenkamp Perez led with 55% of the vote when the race was called, while Braun had 44%. She owns an auto repair shop and has cautioned fellow Democrats that their bond with working-class voters is weakening. Her willingness to break with party leaders has sometimes drawn criticism from the left, but she returns to Congress after winning for the third time.
Braun is the state Senate’s minority leader and runs a firm producing ambulances and other vehicles for emergency services. President Donald Trump carried the district by more than three percentage points in 2024, making Gluesenkamp Perez’s victory a notable hold for Democrats in a traditionally Republican-leaning seat.
Democrat Holds Trump-Won District Despite Republican Challenge
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez held Washington’s 3rd Congressional District for Democrats, defeating Republican John Braun on November 4 even though President Donald Trump won the district by more than three percentage points in 2024. The result gives Perez a third term in a seat that has traditionally leaned Republican.
Perez had 55% of the vote when the race was called, compared with 44% for Braun. Her victory comes despite her occasional breaks with Democratic leaders and her warnings that her party is growing less connected to working-class voters. She owns an auto repair shop.
Braun, the state Senate’s minority leader, runs a firm producing ambulances and other vehicles for emergency services. The district’s recent Republican tilt and Trump’s 2024 showing frame the scale of the challenge Braun faced, while Perez’s win keeps the seat in Democratic hands.
Reported by Fox News, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Washington Examiner, FOX 13 Seattle, Townhall.
