General Discussion

BUT he only won by 21 points against no real opposition (he outraised his closest competitor by around 20-fold).

That leaves one hope to still primary, but the hope atm is slim:

The Problem Solver and Blue Dog (co-chair) Marie Gluesenkamp Perez in Washington-3. The primary elections will take place on August 4, 2026.

She will hopefully have some actually competitors, BUT she already has a huge warchest, and AIPAC will dump in millions to destroy her primary foes, unfortunately.

WA-3

Candidates

Declared

Brent Hennrich (Democratic), former project manager, stay-at-home parent and candidate for this district in 2022

Formed exploratory committee:

JD Rossetti, former Democratic state representative from the 19th district (2015–2016)

Filed paperwork

Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Democratic), incumbent U.S. representative

She has a tonne of bad votes and stances, that is for sure.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Gluesenkamp_Perez

Political positions

Gluesenkamp Perez campaigned as a moderate Democrat, supporting both abortion rights and Second Amendment rights. She emphasized her focus on small businesses, job training, local issues such as the timber industry, and expressed opposition to political extremism. Following her election, she has taken a role as a co-chair of the Blue Dog Coalition and has joined the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus. Her record has been criticized by pro-choice activists and student debt activists.

In 2025, Gluesenkamp Perez was among 10 Democrats who joined House Republicans in voting to censure Al Green for disrupting the 2025 Donald Trump speech to a joint session of Congress.

Gun control

Gluesenkamp Perez opposes an outright ban on assault weapons but supports raising the age required to purchase an assault weapon from 18 to 21.

Immigration

Gluesenkamp Perez supports the reinstatement of Title 42 expulsions and the Remain in Mexico policy to curtail illegal immigration. In July 2024, she cast one of five Democratic votes to condemn the Biden administration's handling of the United States border.

In January 2025, Gluesenkamp Perez was one of 48 Democrats to vote for the Laken Riley Act, which requires U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain undocumented immigrants charged with theft. She later became one of 46 House Democrats who joined all Republicans to vote for a Senate-amended version of the bill.

On January 22, 2026, she was one of seven Democrats who voted to pass HR 7147 funding bill for the United States Department of Homeland Security, including funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The vote came amid Democratic criticism of ICE operations in Minneapolis following the shooting deaths of both Renée Good and Alex Pretti in January 2026. Gluesenkamp Perez defended her vote, citing the bill's importance for the Coast Guard and FEMA in her district, stating that she "could not in good conscience vote to shut it down." She criticized both "overly aggressive tactics" by federal law enforcement and "indiscriminate, overly aggressive slogans like 'Defund ICE'" from her own party.

Following the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by a Border Patrol agent on January 25, Gluesenkamp Perez called for DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to step down, describing the shooting as "un-American." However, unlike fellow Democratic Representative Tom Suozzi who expressed regret over his vote, Gluesenkamp Perez did not retract her support for the DHS funding bill.

Military and veterans

In July 2023, Gluesenkamp Perez voted to pass the annual National Defense Authorization Act that included provisions to bar Pentagon spending for abortion and transgender surgeries.

Student debt

Gluesenkamp Perez voted against a student debt relief plan proposed by the White House in 2023. She was one of only two House Democrats to do so, along with Jared Golden of Maine.

Voting rights and electoral reform

In July 2024, she was one of only five out of 198 Democrats who voted with the Republican majority to pass the SAVE Act (H.R.8281, Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act), which would require those registering to vote to provide documentary proof of United States citizenship.

Again on April 10th, 2025, Gluesenkamp Perez was one of only four Democrats who joined all of the Republicans in the House in voting in favor of the SAVE Act on its second time through the House of Representatives.

I am not holding my breath atm that she will be primaried out at all. She may well lose the general (unless the WA Dems can gerrymander it more in our favour (that will take a WA state constitutional amendment, see the article below), as she barely won last time, and that fact will be pushed hard by her Dem defenders who like her conservatism/centrism and argue that her being fairly RW helps (I am NOT at sold on that, I agree we do not need a Bernie/AOC type there, but ffs, at least get someone who does vote for racist and fascist Rethug shite bills, that is hardly a lot to ask IMHO).