Marie Perez

Someone vandalized the office of Democratic Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez Monday morning, the week after she broke ranks with other Democrats to approve more funding for the Department of Homeland Security and days after she called for the leader of that department to resign.

Officers found red paint splattered on the front porch, sign and door of the Washington Democrat’s Vancouver district office, 1051 Officers Row, around 10:30 p.m. Monday, Vancouver Police spokesperson Kim Kapp said.

The vandal faces a potential charge of second-degree malicious mischief. No suspect has been identified so far, and officers have not determined a motive.

Gluesenkamp Perez’s office didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment about the incident.

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Gluesenkamp Perez occupies an uncomfortable position — near the center — in a polarized political landscape. She voted in alignment with the Republican platform about 50% of the time in 2024, according to a political scorecard issued in October.

The vandalism came just two days after Gluesenkamp Perez called for U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to step down over the death of nurse Alexander Pretti, who was shot by federal agents while filming a protest in Minnesota.

“It’s unacceptable to have another needless death in Minnesota, and it’s unacceptable to have elected officials, candidates, and administration officials continue to throw gas on this fire, or tacitly encourage assaults on law enforcement and anyone else,” Gluesenkamp Perez wrote in a statement.

Critics pointed out that Gluesenkamp Perez was one of only seven House Democrats to vote last week for a Department of Homeland Security spending bill which includes $10 billion for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The House approved the overall spending bill, which now sits in the U.S. Senate. The bill’s prospects have dimmed after the shooting of Pretti, raising the possibility of another government shutdown.

Gluesenkamp Perez in a statement last week characterized it as a “vote to keep the government open.” She said that the Coast Guard and FEMA, both branches of the Homeland Security department, are important to her district.

Her district, Washington’s 3rd, swung for Trump in both 2020 and 2024, but Gluesenkamp Perez held on to her seat by about 16,000 votes last cycle.

With another election coming up, nonpartisan political analysts rank Gluesenkamp Perez’s House seat as one of the nation’s most competitive.