Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Democratic Congresswoman representing Washington state's 3rd Congressional District, pictured as a candidate in an October 2022 "Think Out Loud" debate with her Republican challenger Joe Kent. Gluesenkamp Perez defeated Kent in that year's election and again in the most recent election, Nov. 5, 2024.
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Democratic Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez defeated a challenge from Trump-identified Republican Joe Kent in Washington’s 3rd District — despite the fact that Trump won that same district. Gluesenkamp Perez told The New York Times that result was because she refused to nationalize her local race and had solid support from working class voters, whom she says her party needs to do a much better job representing. Despite a number of races around the country still too close to call, control of the U.S. House looks likely to fall. to the GOP. With that party’s control of the Senate, Donald Trump re-elected as president, and a 6-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court, Republicans would have a lock on all three branches of government. Gluesenkamp Perez joins us from Washington, D.C. to tell us more about how she plans to represent her district and work across the aisle.
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