Marie Gluesenkamp Perez✓

Dean and I live out here in Skamania County. We run an auto repair shop. We know what it costs to fill a tank, make payroll, and pay for childcare. I don't take corporate PAC money, so I can fight drug and insurance company price gouging instead of answering to them. That's how we bring costs down for WA-03.

I'm grateful to all the volunteers who have knocked doors, made phone calls, and supported our campaign in Southwest Washington this election season. Now let’s finish strong. Get your ballot in a drop box by 8pm on Tuesday, November 3rd, and make your voice heard.

I understand how much Southwest Washington depends on our timber, pulp and paper, and the trades, and I know that once these jobs go overseas, they don’t come back. In Congress, I’m fighting to build a stronger, safer, more viable timber industry so these jobs stay in our communities.

We won't let Southwest Washington be bought by Trump's PAC money. With your help I passed more amendments in my first year than any other Democrat. I'm grateful for your insight to continue making our district, and our country, better.

Drop off your ballot! If you haven’t mailed it yet, take it to a drop box by 8 p.m. on Nov. 3. Find your nearest drop box at If you’re mailing it, make sure it’s postmarked by Nov. 3. Let you voice be heard!

Thanks for your help this weekend representing the independence of Southwest Washington! Great to see everyone in Vancouver, Longview, and Battle Ground. We're in the homestretch and I'm grateful for your support!

RT @MGPforCongress: I know who I work for, and it is a gift to serve Southwest Washingtonians. I am profoundly grateful to the teachers, law enforcement, loggers, mill workers, veterans, daycare workers, and all who have shaped and guided my policy. Southwest Washington doesn't need a multimillion-dollar yes man like John Braun who won't support workers. I look forward to your vote, and thank you.

RT @MGPforCongress: I'm one of the only members in Congress with a kid in public school. We need lawmakers who have turned wrenches, driven a truck, and send their kids to the same public schools as the rest of us.

It’s not fun to be in a fight, but it’s a gift to have something worth fighting for. In Southwest Washington, that’s our independence. Partisan politics won’t solve the problems we face. Listening and common sense will.

Longview’s mills support more than 2,000 jobs, plus the truckers and loggers who depend on them. This community doesn't exist without the mills. After what happened at Nippon, I’m working with workers like Mandie Bryant on legislation to make sure they have a seat at the table when investigators look into what went wrong. The people who do the job know best how to make it safer.

Trump gutted the U.S. Chemical Safety Board. I worked across the aisle to restore its funding. What happened in Longview deserves a clear, independent investigation, not someone who just wants to shut down the mill. We still take pride in the trades here. We still believe in getting our hands dirty to earn our money, not in exploiting someone else, somewhere else.

The students at Kelso High School have been putting their skills to great use, and it’s great to see the community supporting their shop program. I’ve been all over the district this week, from Ilwaco to South Bend and Centralia to Longview, hearing what’s weighing on people: the war with Iran, the cost of living, and rural schools stretched too thin. These aren't partisan problems, they're our problems, and I'll continue to fight to find solutions.

I voted against the Iran war six times. Diesel is over $7.50 a gallon in parts of our district, and that’s a huge strain on small businesses, on folks getting to work, and even on school districts busing kids to school. My opponent backs this war because he took Trump’s endorsement and the millions that came with it. He can’t be independent.

When I hear AWPPW union members like Russ talk about the importance of timber and paper in Southwest Washington, I listen. Thank you Russ.

How Senator Braun treated Colten Keller, and the misleading statements he made about it afterward, are more proof that he thinks working people are disposable. It’s part of a pattern. He voted against whistleblower protections for workers. After his company incurred multiple child labor violations, he walked away from its apprenticeship program rather than fix the bureaucracy that makes it hard to train young people safely in the trades. Braun listens to his lawyers and his pocketbook. He has shown a lack of leadership and a lack of respect for the trades.

My loyalty will always be with the workers and their families. Always. Thank you for sharing your story, Patti.

Today, the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries fined Braun Northwest $12,842 for failing to protect workers from “contact with shear points,” according to a new Seattle Times investigation. It’s the latest in a troubling pattern of workplace safety problems at Senator Braun’s company. In Olympia, Braun voted against protecting workers from retaliation when they report safety hazards. He says his business takes safety seriously. The record says otherwise.