Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
Democrat Representative of Washington's 3rd district
Representative
Washington, district 3
January 3, 2023 - January 3, 2025
1
Congresses Served
1
House Terms
June 4, 1988 (36 years old)
Birthday
- American politician and businesswoman
- Graduated from Reed College with a degree in economics
- Owns an automobile repair shop with her husband
- Lost races for Skamania County Commissioner and Public Utility District Commissioner before being elected to Congress
- Served on the Washington State Democratic Party executive committee and as a member of the Underwood Soil and Water District Conservation board of supervisors
- Supported Bernie Sanders in the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries
- Elected as U.S. representative in a notable upset victory, described as “the most stunning political upset in the country this year”
- Committee assignments include the Committee on Agriculture and the Committee on Small Business
- Co-chair of the Blue Dog Coalition and member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus
- Campaigned as a moderate Democrat, supporting both abortion rights and Second Amendment rights
- Opposes an outright ban on assault weapons but supports raising the age to purchase them to 21
- Voted against the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act and the Secure the Border Act
- Blames inflation on outsourcing jobs and advocates for increased jobs in green industries
- Played a role in securing federal funding for infrastructure projects and co-sponsored the renewal of the National Landslide Preparedness Act
- Supports vote by mail and refutes claims of widespread fraud
- Helped introduce bipartisan right-to-repair bills
- Voted against a student debt relief plan proposed by the White House
- Voted to pass the National Defense Authorization Act with provisions barring Pentagon spending for abortion and transgender surgeries
- Lives near Stevenson, Washington, with her husband and child, and identifies as a nondenominational Christian
- Experienced controversy over delayed property tax payments on her business property