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$1.7 million into WA-03. Braun has Trump. She has the seat.

No Going Back PAC. Gluesenkamp Perez, two-term. A district Trump carried three times.

The Rocket News · States · Southwest WashingtonSeptember 13, 2026 · 4 min read

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez walking a Capitol hallway: the figure in black and white; railing, pipes and ceiling in color. Wire photograph.
Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez walking a Capitol hallway: the figure in black and white; railing, pipes and ceiling in color. Wire photograph.

No Going Back PAC reserved $1.7 million in southwest Washington’s 3rd District, the Seattle Times reported Sunday. Trump-endorsed John Braun against Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, two-term Democrat. The buy is part of $68 million across 14 House seats and six Senate races. The States desk files Washington as a district Trump carried three times and a PAC that has now arrived.

MAGA Inc., with a war chest near $400 million, sits behind the new group. Braun, the state Senate Republican leader from Centralia, says he will run an independent campaign. She has won the district twice. Trump is broadly unpopular in the state. The ads will not be independent.

The ads will not be independent.

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Eight weeks from a midterm. Diesel is a record. A president is in Clare. The States desk files $1.7 million as the Washington number on a Sunday the markets are shut and the reservation is not.

Wire and further reading: seattletimes.com

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