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Candidates › WA-03 race › 2025–2026
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
D Democratic nominee for U.S. House, WA-03
Representative since 2023
- On the ballot
- On the general election ballotNov 3, 2026 · Washington US House 3
- Top priorities
- Fighting for Reproductive Freedom
- Safeguarding Our Communities & Securing the Border
- Championing the Right to Repair
- Supporting Working Families
- Ending the influence of Corporate Money
- In Congress
- Representative since 2023 · votes with their party 78% of the time. See the record · Office phone 202-225-3536
- Money
- $9.5M raised, $9.3M spent, $234.5K cash on hand (through Oct 14, 2026). Where it comes from
- Who gives
- 23% of individual money from donors at $200 or less · 27% from Washington · largest committee giver EMILYS LIST, $10K
- Outside groups
- $40.2K supporting, $5.2M opposing Perez
- Backed by
- Washington State Labor Council AFL-CIO · WA State Council of Firefighters · Columbia Pacific Building and Construction Trades Council and 28 more. As the campaign lists them
- Polling
- 47% in the latest poll (DHM Research). The polls
- Sponsored most in
- Agriculture and Food, Armed Forces and National Security, Commerce
18 priorities from marieforcongress.com, in the order they are listed there. Every heading and the text under it is copied exactly, as one passage for each page it is from, and links to that place on the page; hover a source to see which passage it opens.
Marie is fighting to ensure every woman can see a doctor whenever she wants, for whatever reason. Because that is her right, and once freedom is limited, it’s lost. She is protecting access to critical medical care and the freedom of women to choose what is right for their families and themselves. Marie will do whatever it takes to prevent a national abortion ban, which would override the will of the people of Washington State.
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Marie will always fight to make sure state and local law enforcement agencies have the resources they need to keep Fentanyl and illegal guns off of our streets. Marie believes we need to provide more federal funding to boost officer and firefighter pay to improve retention rather than furnish departments with unnecessary line items like night-vision goggles.
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Marie and her husband have run an auto repair shop, so she knows firsthand how important it is to be able to repair your own equipment. She is working to stop manufacturers of farm and consumer equipment from gouging their customers by forcing them to pay the original manufacturer for repairs.
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Marie and her husband built their home by hand to save money and brought their child to work because daycare was too expensive. In Congress, she is working to bring down the cost of housing, increase choices for childcare options, and cut out the middlemen who jack up the cost of healthcare.
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Marie is in Congress to fight for working people — not special interests. Her campaign doesn’t take money from special interests (like drug companies). She also believes that we need to ban our Representatives from other behaviors that erode public trust, like trading individual stocks.
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Marie has been working in Congress to combat unfair business practices — like opposing mergers of major grocery chains and opposing deceptive “Shrinkflation” food packaging. She believes a well trained workforce and higher wages for workers will increase the labor force and stabilize consumer prices across the economy. She believes abundant and cheap energy from traditional and renewable sources will provide further pricing relief to consumers.
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Marie believes that climate change is real and is man-made. She also believes that increasingly severe weather events caused by climate change disproportionately affect the working class. Marie has also championed tax-rebates for energy efficiency upgrades for working class families, like weather skirting for mobile homes.
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Marie is committed to making childcare more accessible and increasing flexibility for working families — particularly in rural communities. She supports re-introducing and expanding the Child Tax Credit, which makes it easier for parents to make the choices that best work for their families, whether that’s paying a family member or going to a traditional daycare.
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Marie believes in fighting the drug crisis through increased border security, stricter punishments for sale and possession, expanded access to treatment and rehab, and better job opportunities. She believes it needs to be easier to find help getting sober than it is to find a dealer.
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Marie knows Washington has some of the best workers in the world. She is supporting efforts to create American jobs and making sure American workers have the training needed to do those jobs at good pay. She is fighting unfair trade and work practices by competitors like China to create a level playing field for American workers.
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As someone who ran an auto repair shop, Marie knows the hoops small business owners jump through to start, run, and grow their business. When her shop applied for a loan from the Small Business Administration (SBA), the application was the size of a phone book and took almost a year to complete. That’s why in Congress she’s fighting to streamline the application process for SBA loans and empower young people in the trades to start their own small businesses.
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Marie knows many good jobs don’t require a 4-year degree. In Congress, she is working to increase access to apprenticeships and technical training and reduce the number of jobs that require applicants to have expensive college degrees. She is also working to allow Pell Grants to apply to job training, not just college degrees.
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