Washington — 3rd District

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Unit­ed States Rep­re­sen­ta­tive Marie Glue­senkamp Perez is seek­ing a third term in Con­gress in 2026 (Cam­paign pub­lic­i­ty photo)

Front­line Demo­c­ra­t­ic Rep­re­sen­ta­tive Marie Glue­senkamp Perez has twice won in a con­gres­sion­al dis­trict that vot­ed three times for Don­ald Trump, con­found­ing Repub­li­cans here in the Pacif­ic North­west and across the country.

In both of those cam­paigns, MGP (as she is also known) defeat­ed a mil­i­tant extrem­ist and con­spir­a­cy the­o­rist named Joe Kent who used to be an enthu­si­as­tic Trump enabler, but fell out with the regime over Trump’s war of choice with Iran.

Now, as she seeks a third term, MGP is fac­ing a more con­ven­tion­al Repub­li­can oppo­nent — the top Repub­li­can in the state Sen­ate, Sen­a­tor John Braun, who has rep­re­s…