Photo courtesy Aspen Ford/Washington State Standard🎧 Braun Advances in WA 3rd District Primary Race Your browser does not support the audio element. Braun’s optimism was validated when the initial results of the Aug. 4 primary election were announced Tuesday night. Braun, the state senate minority leader, was mingling with constituents at his primary watch party in Chehalis. As for Gluesenkamp Perez, Braun said, “I think she’s genuine, but I think she’s just wrong.” “She’s been wrong on taxes, she’s been wrong on funding for national defense, she’s been wrong on border security, she’s been wrong on parental rights.”