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Marie Gluesenkamp Perez’s working class roots run deep in Washington State.

About Marie

Marie’s great great grandpa Bert Gilmore helped build the Washington State Capitol building as the quarry foreman and her grandmother Carol Gilmore was born in a logging camp in Sappho, Washington. Her own parents met at Western Washington University after her father immigrated from Mexico.

Marie graduated from Reed College and owns an independent auto-repair shop with her husband Dean that has grown to 6-bays wide. They were able to purchase their building with the support of a loan from the SBA in 2018 and are proud to provide living wage jobs to their employees.

Marie and Dean face increasing healthcare costs for their family. While they pay $500 a month for health insurance for their infant son, like so many Washingtonians, they simply can’t afford an additional $1,200 to cover themselves. And like so many families today, they struggle with finding quality, affordable childcare – so their son goes to the auto shop with them every day.

Marie was exactly the kind of working-class Washingtonian that had been left behind in this economy and frankly ignored by the political extremes in our Nation’s Capital. Now, she’s in Congress working hard to represent Washington’s third Congress District to bring the voices of working people back to DC.

In Congress, Marie is serving working Washingtonians by

  • Supporting small businesses and worker’s rights
  • Lowering the costs of healthcare, childcare and prescription drug
  • Addressing Climate Change by Investing in Clean Energy
  • Getting Big Money Out of Politics by Overturning Citizens United
  • Investing and expand apprenticeship and skills training programs
  • Protecting women’s access to health and rights
  • Tackling the rising costs of food, gas and housing

Congresswoman Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Democrat, is a fifth-generation Washingtonian, a small business owner and a pro-choice mother. Learn more about all the ways she is serving Washington’s Third Congressional District.