Barabak: This Democrat pulled off one of the country’s biggest upsets.
Can she win again in Trump country?
Two years ago, one of the nation’s biggest political upsets took place here amid the radiant greenery of the Pacific Northwest.
A new mom, the 34-year-old owner of an auto repair shop, made a run for Congress with zero help from national Democrats and nabbed a seat Republicans had held for more than a decade.
Now that seat is central to the fight for control of the House.
The incumbent, #Marie #Gluesenkamp #Perez, is among the least likely Democrats you’ll find in Congress.
She trashes the Biden administration’s record on immigration and won’t endorse Kamala Harris for president.
She resides down a gravel road in a house she and her husband built.
She exalts those who work with their hands
— plumbers, mechanics, electricians
— and belittles the highbrows who populate Washington,
speaking the put-upon language of people ignored or disdained because of where they live or how they labor.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2024-10-27/2024-election-congress-washington-state-democrat-marie-gluesenkamp-perez