Primaries on the West Coast are complete. Here are November races to watch
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Set us as preferred WASHINGTON — Midterm battle lines have been drawn across the Western states, as attention turns to general election campaigning with three months until November’s election day.Washington state completed its primary Tuesday, the last mainland state west of the Rocky Mountains to do so.A national spotlight is on the state’s 3rd District, just over the border from Portland, Ore., where Democratic Rep.
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez is now set to face state Senate Minority Leader John Braun, a Republican.Democrats see defending that vulnerable seat as key to the party’s attempt to win a House majority.
It is one of a handful of competitive races across the West that will help decide which party controls the House during the second half of President Trump’s term.Attention and money is set to pour into those races over the coming months, along with some key statewide races.
Here are ones to watch in California, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Nevada and beyond.Washington’s battleground 3rd District is a high priority for both parties.The district went for President Trump in 2024 while reelecting Gluesenkamp Perez.Gluesenkamp Perez, a centrist who was first elected narrowly in 2022 and has made a name for herself by sometimes breaking with her party, successfully fended off primary challengers on Tuesday to advance to the November ballot.
Braun, a retired Navy captain, won the other spot on the ballot.The race with Braun will test Gluesenkamp Perez against a more moderate opponent than she had in conservative former CIA officer Joe Kent, who ran against her in both her previous elections.It will also test loyalty from her progressive base, some members of which were unhappy after Gluesenkamp Perez voted to fund the Department of Homeland Security in January, one of seven Democrats who helped it pass.
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