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Marie Gluesenkamp Perez is an American politician, and a member of the Democratic Party. She won the 2022 election for the United States House of Representatives for Washington's 3rd congressional district, which is in the southwest part of the state. Her victory was called a "perhaps the most stunning political upset in the country this year".

Gluesenkamp Perez spent her childhood in Texas. Her father immigrated from Mexico. She is a graduate of Reed College with a degree in economics. She lives in Skamania County, Washington, and is one of the owners of an auto repair shop in Portland.

She is a member of the Democratic National Committee. She campaigned as a moderate, a "supporter of both abortion rights and Second Amendment rights and emphasized support for small businesses, job training and local concerns, like the timber industry" and an opponent of extremism.