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Speaker Johnson rallies for Braun in Vancouver as Perez faces revolt from Democratic challenger
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House Speaker Mike Johnson traveled to Vancouver, Washington, to campaign for Republican John Braun while Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez faces a potentially damaging revolt from her own left flank.
The visit came just two days after Braun and Gluesenkamp Perez easily advanced from Washington’s top-two primary.
“This district is going to help decide the fate of the Republic,” Johnson told supporters.
But while Republicans emerged from the primary united around Braun, Gluesenkamp Perez has a much different problem on her hands.
Braun consolidated enough Republican support to run essentially even with a two-term incumbent, while more than one in six voters backed a progressive Democrat openly hostile to Gluesenkamp Perez.