Decision Desk HQ · DDHQ · Called Nov. 4, 2026, 7:16 p.m. CST (8:16 p.m. EST); returns updated at the same displayed time. 81% of expected votes reported. Current 120th Congressional District land area clipped to the Census shoreline. Only WA-03 is blue for a called Democratic hold; the Democratic incumbent defeated Republican John Braun. Pale Washington provides context.
Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez won reelection against Republican John Braun in Washington’s 3rd Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ. The result keeps the southwestern Washington seat in Democratic hands.
Gluesenkamp Perez received 154,652 votes, or 55.05%, to Braun’s 126,288, or 44.95%, in DDHQ’s reported returns. The call came with 81% of the expected vote reported; the totals remain unofficial.
