Elections · U.S. House, District 3 · Washington
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Raised for this seat
$2.2M
Through August 18, 2026
Cash on hand
$1.3M
Through August 18, 2026
On the November ballot
Braun faces Marie Gluesenkamp Perez for this seat on November 3, 2026.
The ballot as filed by the nominee source, recorded August 27, 2026, not a prediction. Minor-party and write-in filers are on the race page.
Where the money comes from
- Small donors
- 9%$206K
- Large donors
- 60%$1.3M
- PACs
- 13%$280K
- Party
- --
- Self-funding
- 1%$11K
- Other
- 18%$392K
Separately, $110K in independent expenditures was reported for and against this candidate by outside committees. That money is not the candidate's receipts and is not part of the mix above.
Receipts reported through August 18, 2026. Source: FEC.
How to vote in Washington
- General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks
Register 8 days before online or by mail, or same-day through 8 p.m. on Election Day in person.
The district they want to represent
- People
- 788K
- Median household income
- $90K
- Unemployment
- 5.3%
- Living below the poverty line
- 9.3%
- Without health insurance
- 6.5%
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.
Against the field for this seat
Each campaign's reported receipts on one shared scale, in ballot order, not money order.
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez$6.3M
- Antony Barran$45K
- John Braunthis page$2.2M
- Brent Hennrich$259K
Muted rows are campaigns not on the November ballot; their money is still their own filed record.
Spending to support them
No committee has filed independent spending in this direction.
Spending to oppose them
$110K- Together for Working People$110K
How these directions are decided
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC. The supporting or opposing direction is each committee's own declared filing, not an interpretation, and a group spending against a candidate is not necessarily spending for their opponent. Outside money is not the campaign's money and is never added to what they raised.
In their own words
What Braun's campaign says it would work on.
The priorities Braun's own campaign site lists, quoted as written there. They are what the campaign says. Nobody has voted on them.
- “Cost of Living & Small Business”
- “Secure the Border, Stop Fentanyl”
- “Crime, Homelessness & Public Order”
- “Energy Independence”
- “Education: Parental Rights & College Affordability”
- “Veterans & National Defense”
- “Gun Rights & Hunting Heritage”
- “Salmon Recovery: Control Sea-Lion Predation”
- “Fair Play: Protect Women's Sports”
- “Help John Win in 2026”
Quoted from votebraun.com, read August 14, 2026. A campaign site changes; this is what it said on that date. Curia quotes these and does not check, rate or rank them.
Record in office
Braun has not held this office, so there is no federal voting record, no cosponsorships and no committee service to report.
That absence is not a position for or against anything; it is what a first federal campaign looks like in the public record.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Portrait: Official portrait via Open States, official portrait. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.