John Braun

Republican Party (R)
U.S. Representative (District 3) · District 3, Washington, United States of America · 2026
PurposeBraun, a state senator, is challenging Gluesenkamp Perez on a platform of border security, education parental rights, and salmon-habitat restoration.

Economy
On the economy, the site calls for cutting wasteful spending it says feeds inflation, reducing red tape on small manufacturers, and protecting the skilled-trades sector.

Education
On education, the site backs a federal Parents' Bill of Rights and opposes policies that exclude guardians from classroom decisions; it also cites Braun's authorship of a state tuition-reduction program and advocates federal measures to control college costs and expand trades training.

Security
On crime and homelessness, the site calls for combining "compassion with enforcement" — closing open-air drug markets, supporting camping bans where shelter is available, increasing fentanyl interdiction, and funding detox and mental-health services.

Immigration
On immigration and the border, the site calls for completing border barriers, hiring more agents, deploying technology, tightening asylum loopholes, and targeting cartel supply chains, criticizing his opponent's vote against the 2023 Secure the Border Act.

Agriculture/Food
Under a natural-resources heading, the site calls for funding sea-lion removal operations, hatcheries, culverts, and habitat restoration to support salmon recovery — a priority tied closely to the district's fishing and farming communities.

Infrastructure
On energy, the site backs "market-based" energy production spanning hydropower, solar, oil, natural gas, and nuclear, and rejects foreign energy dependence.

Security
The site also states defense-and-veterans positions — supporting a modernized military, faster veteran-care access, and rebuilding the industrial/manufacturing base — and governance positions on gun rights and women's sports under Title IX.

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