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Elections · U.S. House · Washington

2026 Washington House race, District 3

Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Democrat) and John Braun (Republican), who advanced from Washington's all-party primary, are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. House in Washington District 3, as recorded September 21, 2026 from the Washington Secretary of State.

The November ballot

Perez
$6.3M
Braun
$2.2M

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

Certified list: Washington Secretary of State. Not a prediction.

The seat

Marie Gluesenkamp Perez

Democrat · Holds the seat now

First took office 2023 · Age 38

Discloses no individual stock trades.

Cosponsored a bill that would ban it

From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.

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How to vote in Washington

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026 

Register 8 days before online or by mail, or same-day through 8 p.m. on Election Day in person.

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How they won the primary

Nonpartisan primaryTop two advance

The primary · 214,491 votes

  • John Braun Advanced: 39.7% 85,064
  • Marie Gluesenkamp Perez Advanced: 36.4% 78,025
  • Brent Hennrich: 16.7% 35,820
  • John P. Roco: 1.9% 4,102
  • John Saulie-Rohman: 1.7% 3,549

4 more candidates in the full results at the source named below.

The total includes 145 write-in or scattered votes not listed by candidate.

Every candidate runs on one ballot and the top two advance to November, whatever their party. Primary results as recorded October 12, 2026, ordered by votes. Source: Washington Secretary of State official primary canvass. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.

The money on this race

Raised by candidates
$8.8M
Outside money
$5.7M

Outside money, for and against

Supporting Gluesenkamp Perez$39K
Opposing Gluesenkamp Perez$2.7M
Supporting Braun$773K
Opposing Braun$2.2M

Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing.

Where each candidate's money comes from

4%$279KSmall donors$206K9%
36%$2.3MLarge donors$1.3M60%
14%$862KPACs$280K12%
<1%$2.9KParty--
--Self-funding$11K<1%
46%$2.9MOther$392K18%

Small donors give $200 or less; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.

Other includes money transferred in from committees the candidate authorized, such as a joint fundraising committee, which reports its own donors to the FEC: Marie Gluesenkamp Perez $2.8M, John Braun $392K.

Who is spending on this race

The largest groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.

1 to 5 of 8 groups

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.

Not on the November ballot

7 filed

Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.

The district

Census context
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.

How this seat voted last time

D+4 in 2024

  • Marie Gluesenkamp Perez Won: 51.7%
  • Joe Kent: 47.9%

415,904 votes for candidates. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.

Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.

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Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are each campaign's latest FEC report, ending between July 15, 2026 and August 18, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers this two-year cycle, the same as the candidate totals. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.