The 3rd Congressional District in Washington is one that’s easy to ignore. It’s tucked away in southwestern Washington, leaving people closer to Portland to pay more attention. But the fact is, the 3rd is another battleground race that could help tip the scales in Congress.
The race pits Republican Joe Kent, who has been highly visible in the Seattle market and on national television, against the aw-shucks approach of Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez.
Pérez calls herself “a different breed.” She said being a “rural democrat is kind of a historic anomaly here.”
When examining our election coverage on MyNorthwest, there was one candidate among the state’s key races we didn’t
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