Gluesenkamp Perez, Braun Reach November Race With 39% Each in Washington's 3rd District
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Updated · KATU · Aug 5
Gluesenkamp Perez, Braun Reach November Race With 39% Each in Washington's 3rd District
3 articles · Updated · KATU · Aug 5
Summary
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez and John Braun each held 39% Tuesday night, easily advancing from Washington's top-two primary over seven other candidates.
The result sets up a November rematch in one of the few competitive House seats that could help decide control of Congress, where Republicans now hold a 218-212 majority.
Gluesenkamp Perez used her victory speech to cast Braun as aligned with Donald Trump, while Braun attacked her record on taxes, national security and crime.
Washington's 3rd has backed Trump in the last three presidential elections, but population growth around Vancouver and shifting voting patterns have made the district increasingly competitive.
The seat was held by Republican Jaime Herrera Beutler from 2011 to 2023 before Gluesenkamp Perez flipped it in 2022 and won re-election in 2024.