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2026 forecast · Washington 3rd

Marie Gluesenkamp Perez and John Braun are in a toss up for Washington's 3rd District.

Marie Gluesenkamp Perez vs John Braun. The model has Perez ahead by 0.7 points, winning 54 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Toss upModel D +0.7Polls R +0.0Updated October 22, 2026
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
Democrat
50.4%
138,141 projected votes
John Braun
Republican
49.6%
136,121 projected votes
54%Perez
46%Braun
Perez slightly favoredEach square is one simulated election night, Perez wins about 54 of 100
RatingToss up54% chance for Perez
Model marginD +0.7Polls R +0.0
80 percent rangeD +8.7 to R +6.72,000 simulations
Projected votes274,262Perez 50.4%

The district map

Every district in the state, shaded by its rating

Washington districts

10 districts
Safe DLikely DLean DToss upLean RLikely RSafe R

Vote share

Each candidate's projected share and the range of 80 percent of simulations

Marie Gluesenkamp PerezDemocrat · 54% to win
50.4%
John BraunRepublican · 46% to win
49.6%

Scale runs from 25 to 75 percent. The dot is the forecast, the band is the 80 percent range and the brighter tick marks 50 percent.

Projected district vote

274,262 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez D138,14150.4%
John Braun R136,12149.6%
Total274,262100%

Each candidate's expected vote in the On Point simulation, at the forecast's projected turnout.

The trend

Each side's chance of winning over the forecast's recent updates

0%25%50%75%100%54% Perez46% Braun15 updates agoToday

Polling

Every poll in the average, and how the model reads it

Polls of the race

PollsterSampleAgeMargin
On Point averageWeighted averageR +0.0

Each margin is the poll as the pollster published it. The forecast counts every poll after its house effect and the undecided split, which is what the trail above shows; hover a margin for the counted value. Lean R and Lean D mark partisan leaning firms.

Model margin
Perez +0.7
Chance of winning
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez54%
John Braun46%
Simulated vote
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez50.4%
John Braun49.6%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanD +3.0
FundamentalsD +0.7
With pollsR +0.9
Early vote turnoutD +1.7
With early voteD +0.7

Read from 0 ballots cast so far in Washington, against the party mix the forecast expected of them, with similar states and primary turnout. Early vote tracker

How we got here

From the state's partisan lean to the forecast, one stage at a time

D +10R +10Partisan leanthe state's baselineD +3.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesD +0.7With pollsaverage R +0.0R +0.9With early voteturnout so farD +0.7
Methodology
Every county is rebuilt by simulating voters going to the polls, 2,000 times, from On Point Polling survey data, past results, and the polling average. How the model works.