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3rd Congressional District

People over party: Reelected U.S. Rep. Perez bucks election trend with focus on working-class issues

November 15, 2024, 6:12am Clark County News

Democrats faced heavy losses nationwide on Election Day, with many districts turning away from the party as Republican Donald Trump won another term as president. Read story

‘A profound honor’: Gluesenkamp Perez reflects on second win in the 3rd District

November 8, 2024, 1:42pm Clark County News

Democratic Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez has once again defeated Republican Joe Kent, earning her a second term in the U.S. House of Representatives after a tense 3rd Congressional District race. Read story

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, left, joins Democrat Tim Probst as they celebrate early election results after speaking to the crowd at an election night party at the Hilton Vancouver on Tuesday night, Nov. 5, 2024.

Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez wins second term in Congress in repeat of 2022

November 7, 2024, 6:28pm Clark County News

Democrat Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez has won a second term in the U.S. House of Representatives in the closely watched 3rd Congressional District race. Read story

A line of voters stretches outside the Clark County Elections Office in downtown Vancouver Tuesday night.

Updated ballot counts: 3rd District Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez keeps lead over Republican Joe Kent

November 6, 2024, 8:05pm Clark County News

Close races in Southwest Washington remained tight after elections officials released updated ballot counts Wednesday night. Read story

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, center, answers questions from the media after appearing at an election night party at the Hilton Vancouver Washington. In 2022, Perez beat Kent by less than 3,000 votes.

Democrat Gluesenkamp Perez leads in Southwest Washington’s 3rd Congressional District

November 5, 2024, 11:13pm Clark County News

Initial results from Southwest Washington’s 3rd Congressional District show Democratic incumbent Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, leading Republican Joe Kent by about 11,800 votes as of Tuesday night. Read story

Local residents attempt to stay dry as wait at the Clark County Elections Office in downtown Vancouver on Tuesday afternoon.

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez pulls ahead of Joe Kent in 3rd District results

November 5, 2024, 9:00pm Clark County News

Early results show U.S. Rep Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D- Skamania, pulling ahead of Republican challenger Joe Kent in the 3rd Congressional District race on Tuesday. Read story

First-term Democrat tries to hold on in Washington state district won by Trump in 2020

FILE - Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez, D-Wash., listens during a Washington 3rd District debate at KATU studios on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, in Portland, Ore.

Among the nation’s most closely watched races is a rematch in southwestern Washington’s 3rd Congressional District, where first-term Democratic Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez is defending her seat against Republican Joe Kent, a former Green Beret who has called for the impeachment of President Joe Biden. Read story

On eve of election, Washington GOP tells Spanish-speaking voters Democrats ‘hate you’ and ‘hate God’

On the eve of an election marked by increasingly heated rhetoric, the Washington State Republican Party sent text messages to Spanish-speaking voters on Friday alleging that Democratic candidates want to “eliminate the Spanish language” and “support the chemical castration of your children in school without your knowledge or consent.” Read story

This Democrat pulled off one of the country’s biggest upsets. Can she win again in Trump country?

U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez listens as Jon Cole of Green Diamond speaks to the group during a Skamania County forest tour in Underwood on Friday afternoon, Aug. 16, 2024. The Congresswoman previously introduced the bipartisan Treating Tribes and Counties as Good Neighbors Act as well as the bipartisan Jobs in the Woods Act.

Two years ago, one of the nation’s biggest political upsets took place here amid the radiant greenery of the Pacific Northwest. A new mom, the 34-year-old owner of an auto repair shop, made a run for Congress with zero help from national Democrats and nabbed a seat Republicans had held… Read story