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May 7, 2026
Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez D-Skamania

Perez votes to extend Foreign Surveillance Act

U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Skamania is one of 42 Democrats who voted last week in favor of a surveillance program opposed by civil liberties and free-press advocates.

May 7, 2026
Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
, in plaid, holds a childcare roundtable with Clark County first responders at Vancouver City Hall on June 20, 2024. Amanda Cowan/The Columbian files
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House approves Rep. Perez’s bipartisan ‘banana bill’

U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, is celebrating a personal win this week after the House agreed Wednesday to pass the Cutting Red Tape on Child Care Providers Act championed by Perez since her first term in Congress.

April 23, 2026
Washington Sen. John Braun looks up at the ceiling Sept. 16, 2025, at La Center Wheel Club. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian files)

Trump endorses Braun in 3rd District race

President Donald Trump weighed in on Washington’s 3rd Congressional District race Tuesday with a social media post that endorsed state Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia, and bashed incumbent Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania.

April 22, 2026
Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez D-Skamania

Perez mulls bill to change endangered species act

Local officials and environmental advocates have urged U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, to vote “no” this week on a House bill they said would decimate federal protections for endangered wildlife.

April 9, 2026
A crowd listens to Brent Hennrich, right, a Democratic candidate for Washington’s 3rd Congressional District, during his campaign kickoff at the AMC Classic Mill Plain 8 cinema in Vancouver. (Kelly Moyer/The Columbian)

Primary fight underway in 3rd Congressional District

There is no real starting point, no formal “ready, set, go” to mark Southwest Washington’s primary election season. But judging from the energy at 3rd Congressional District hopeful Brent Hennrich’s campaign kickoff event last week, the race toward the Aug. 4 primary election is already well underway.