Marie Gluesenkamp Perez | |
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Member of the U.S.HouseofRepresentatives from Washington's 3rd district | |
Assumed office January 3, 2023 | |
Preceded by | Jaime Herrera Beutler |
Co-Chair of the Blue Dog Coalition | |
Assumed office May 24,2023 Servingwith Jared Golden,Mary Peltola | |
Preceded by | Jim Costa |
Personal details | |
Born | Kristina Marie Pérez [1] June 4,1988 Harris County,Texas,U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Dean Gluesenkamp |
Children | 1 |
Education | Reed College (BA) |
Website | House website |
Kristina Marie Gluesenkamp Perez [a] (born June 4,1988) is an American politician and businesswoman. A member of the Democratic Party,she has been the United States representative for Washington's 3rd congressional district since 2023. She serves as a co-chair of the Blue Dog Coalition.
Gluesenkamp Perez was born on June 4,1988. [2] Her father immigrated from Mexico, [3] while her mother's family has roots in Washington. [4] Her great-great-grandfather was a quarry foreman in the state, [5] and her grandfather,Herbert Gilmore,was a carpenter in Bellevue. [4] Her parents met at Western Washington University and then moved to Texas where Gluesenkamp Perez was raised. [5] Her father was a pastor at an evangelical church. One of four children,she grew up in a family where her mother home-schooled her children for their early education years. [4]
After high school,Gluesenkamp Perez initially attended Warren Wilson College and then transferred to Reed College in Portland,Oregon. [4] She worked in a cafe and at a manufacturing plant to pay for tuition. [4] Gluesenkamp Perez graduated from college in 2012 with a degree in economics. She met her husband,Dean Gluesenkamp,while working as a bike mechanic. [5] They opened an automobile repair shop and moved to rural Skamania County in Washington,where they built their own home. [6] [7]
Gluesenkamp Perez entered politics in 2016 when she ran for Skamania County commissioner but lost, [8] receiving 32.8% of the vote in the primary and 46.3% in the general election. [9] She supported Bernie Sanders in the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries. [10] In 2018,Gluesenkamp Perez ran for the position of Skamania County Public Utility District commissioner in 2018 but was unsuccessful. [11] From 2020 to 2022,she served on the Washington State Democratic Party executive committee. [12] [13] Since 2018,prior to her election to Congress,she was a member of the Underwood Soil and Water District Conservation board of supervisors.[ citation needed ]
In 2022,Gluesenkamp Perez ran for the U.S. House of Representatives to represent Washington's 3rd congressional district. She advanced from Washington's nonpartisan blanket primary in which candidates from all parties are listed on the same primary ballot,and the top two finishers,regardless of party,move on to the general election. [12] Gluesenkamp Perez finished first in the primary with 31% of the vote,while Republican Joe Kent came in second,narrowly defeating the incumbent,Republican Jaime Herrera Beutler,by 0.5%. Another Republican,Heidi St. John,finished fourth with 16.0%,and the second Democratic candidate,Davy Ray,garnered 2.2%. Before the primary,Brent Hennrich,a Democrat who had led in two early polls,withdrew from the race and endorsed Gluesenkamp Perez. [14]
The general election's rating varied from "Lean R",according to The Cook Political Report,to "Solid R" in FiveThirtyEight 's House of Representatives forecast. [15] [16] FiveThirtyEight estimated that Gluesenkamp Perez had a 2% chance of winning the general election over Kent,and was expected to receive 43.6% of the popular vote. She led in one of two polls and was trailing in the other;both were within the margin of error. [17] Her subsequent narrow victory received widespread national attention,with The Seattle Times calling it "the most stunning political upset in the country this year", [3] and "a microcosm of the midterms". [18] [19] Kent conceded on December 21,following a recount. [20] [21]
In 2024,Gluesenkamp Perez defeated Kent in a rematch. [22] As both a freshman and a representative of a crossover district,the 3rd district received national interest from both sides,and so Gluesenkamp Perez was the only crossover freshman Democrat to be re-elected.
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. [3] [31] 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. [28]
Gluesenkamp Perez supports abortion access,citing her personal experience having a dilation and curettage procedure after a miscarriage. [32] [33] [34] KGW described her support for abortion rights as "a tenet of her campaign". [32] In January 2023,she voted against the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act,which would criminalize healthcare providers in failing to provide care for an infant born alive after an abortion attempt. [35]
Gluesenkamp Perez opposes an outright ban on assault weapons but supports raising the age required to purchase an assault weapon from 18 to 21. [36] [32] She voted against a bill to repeal a pistol brace ban in 2023. The ban was ruled unconstitutional a year later. [37]
Gluesenkamp Perez supports the reinstatement of Title 42 expulsions and the Remain in Mexico policy to curtail illegal immigration. [38] In July 2024,she cast one of five Democratic votes to condemn the Biden administration's handling of the United States border. [39]
Gluesenkamp Perez blames inflation on companies outsourcing jobs,and states that is the top issue affecting voters in her district. [32] She has called for both increased usage of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in the short term and a long-term increase in the number of jobs available in green industries. [40]
Gluesenkamp Perez has emphasized her role in securing $2.1 billion in federal funding to rebuild the Interstate Bridge,which carries Interstate 5 across the Columbia River. [41] [42] Citing the economic losses experienced in her district from landslides,she co-sponsored the renewal of the National Landslide Preparedness Act in 2024. [43]
On 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. [44] She defended her vote by saying the Senate would "clean up" the bill. [45] In early 2024,Gluesenkamp Perez introduced the Rural Veterans Transportation to Care Act that would expand transportation to veterans attempting to access medical care. In July,after a letter she had sent earlier received no response,she hand delivered a petition to the head of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) requesting the reopening of a VA clinic in Lewis County. The prior clinic was closed in 2021 and replaced with a limited mobile care unit,requiring approximately 3,000 veterans in the county to travel out of the area to Olympia,Washington. [46]
In May 2023,Gluesenkamp Perez helped introduce the REPAIR Act and the SMART Act,two bipartisan right-to-repair bills that seek to require auto manufacturers to share parts,tools,and data needed for repairs at lower costs. [47]
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. [48] At the time,she said that "expansions of student debt forgiveness need to be matched dollar-for-dollar with investments in career [and] technical education. I can't support the first without the other. The severe shortage of trades workers needs to be seen [and] treated as a national priority." [49] [50]
Gluesenkamp Perez believes that vote by mail is safe and has refuted unsubstantiated claims of widespread fraud among mail-in ballots. [32] 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. [51]
In 2024,Gluesenkamp Perez,along with Jared Golden,proposed a bipartisan committee to consider electoral reforms,such as multi-member districts with proportional representation,increasing the number of members in the House of Representatives and establishing independent redistricting commissions. [52]
Gluesenkamp Perez lives near Stevenson,Washington,in Skamania County. [12] She is married to Dean Gluesenkamp,and has one child. [6] [32] They also have a dog named Uma Furman. [53] Gluesenkamp Perez is a nondenominational Christian. [54] [55]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Marie Gluesenkamp Perez | 68,190 | 31.0 | |
Republican | Joe Kent | 50,097 | 22.8 | |
Republican | Jaime Herrera Beutler (incumbent) | 49,001 | 22.3 | |
Republican | Heidi St. John | 35,219 | 16.0 | |
Republican | Vicki Kraft | 7,033 | 3.2 | |
Democratic | Davy Ray | 4,870 | 2.2 | |
Independent | Chris Byrd | 3,817 | 1.7 | |
Republican | Leslie French | 1,100 | 0.5 | |
American Solidarity | Oliver Black | 456 | 0.2 | |
Write-in | 142 | 0.1 | ||
Total votes | 219,925 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Marie Gluesenkamp Perez | 160,323 | 50.14 | |
Republican | Joe Kent | 157,690 | 49.31 | |
Write-in | 1,760 | 0.55 | ||
Total votes | 319,773 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (incumbent) | 97,274 | 45.9 | |
Republican | Joe Kent | 83,389 | 39.3 | |
Republican | Leslie Lewallen | 25,868 | 12.2 | |
Independent | John Saulie-Rohman | 5,406 | 2.5 | |
Write-in | 186 | 0.1 | ||
Total votes | 212,123 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (incumbent) | 215,177 | 51.7 | |
Republican | Joe Kent | 199,054 | 47.9 | |
Write-in | 1,673 | 0.4 | ||
Total votes | 415,904 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
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'You know I had a miscarriage in 2020, the last thing I want is state troopers showing up on my porch the next morning to make me prove what really happened; this is not the America we believe in.'
'You know I had a miscarriage in 2020, the last thing I want is state troopers showing up on my porch the next morning to make me prove what really happened; this is not the America we believe in.'
In 2020, Perez had a miscarriage that required her to receive an abortion, and without it, she could have died.
In February of 2020 I miscarried at 16 weeks, and was told my life was at risk without an immediate abortion, or dilation and evacuation.