Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

John Braun

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. House · Washington District 3
Filing address
Chehalis, WA (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
BRAUN, JOHN
Next election
Primary August 4, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Washington with the 2026 district highlighted

Washington, District 3

RepublicanU.S. House · Washington District 3ChallengerGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H6WA03275 · Principal campaign committee: JOHN BRAUN FOR CONGRESS

Total raised$3,311,756.42
Total spent$2,636,237.28
Cash on hand$675,519.14
Debts owed by the campaign$600.00
Loans from the candidate$600.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $2,105,662.41PACs and other committees: $567,941.01Party committees: $5,000.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $11,433.79Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $621,691.48Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $27.73
  • Individual contributions$2,105,662.4164%
  • PACs and other committees$567,941.0117%
  • Party committees$5,000.000%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$11,433.790%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$621,691.4819%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$27.730%

Self-funding: $11,433.79 (0% of money raised): $10,833.79 given and $600.00 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$351,305.9816%
  • Contributions over $200$1,782,618.6384%
  • Itemized from inside Washington$1,240,432.5468%
  • Itemized from other states$570,947.2632%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Texas $129,093.25 · Florida $126,358.10 · California $63,047.23 · New York $30,026.09 · Illinois $28,870.99. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$1.4M$0 OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $509,527.77OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $20,791.02YEAR-END: raised $330,207.44YEAR-END: spent $115,196.69APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $356,710.86APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $142,518.82JULY QUARTERLY: raised $741,808.04JULY QUARTERLY: spent $250,386.01PRE-PRIMARY: raised $54,392.66PRE-PRIMARY: spent $400,126.73OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $988,751.87OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $948,147.892025-092025-122026-032026-062026-072026-09

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

PAC and committee contributors

90 committees reported giving $323,570.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting John Braun$20,000.00
  • Independent expenditures opposing John Braun$582,335.61

FEC totals for the 2026 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

Washington U.S. House, District 3, 2026 · 9 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
John Braun (R)$3,311,756.42$675,519.142026-10-14
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D)$9,472,266.66$234,519.932026-10-14
Brent William Hennrich (D)$258,756.88$17,781.712026-07-15
Antony Barran (R)$45,056.07$2,403.232026-09-30
Troy Austin Rasband (D)$11,304.38$161.882026-09-30
Wadi Yakhour (R)$630.10$48.712026-04-21

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQLikely DJuly 14, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportLean DOctober 9, 2026
  • Sabato's Crystal BallLean DAugust 14, 2025
  • Split TicketLikely DJuly 28, 2026

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
DHM ResearchJuly 8–10 2026543 (LV)± 4.0%Marie Gluesenkamp Perez 44% · John Braun 46%
600 (RV)± 4.2%44%43%Marie Gluesenkamp Perez 13%
Emerson CollegeJuly 8–10 2026500 (LV)± 4.4%Marie Gluesenkamp Perez 42% · John Braun 43%
co/efficient (R)April 25–29, 2026982 (LV)± 3.1%Marie Gluesenkamp Perez 34% · John Braun 41%
Voter Sciences (R)August 2025– (RV)–Marie Gluesenkamp Perez 41% · John Braun 48%
Voter Sciences (R)August 2025– (RV)–Marie Gluesenkamp Perez 43% · Heidi St. John 46%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: JOHN BRAUN FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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