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Did Marie Gluesenkamp Perez win in 2022 by less than one point?

Matches stated record claim. Certified results show she won by 2,629 votes, 0.82 percentage points of the 319,759 votes cast.

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What they say

Her campaign says she won a highly competitive race in 2022 by less than one percentage point.

“won a highly competitive race by less than one percentage point”

What the record shows ·

The Secretary of State's certified results give her 160,314 votes (50.14 percent) to Joe Kent's 157,685 (49.31 percent), with 1,760 write-ins: a margin of 2,629 votes, or 0.82 percentage points of the 319,759 cast.

Limit: Exact. The rounded percentages differ by 0.83 points, the same margin read from rounded figures.

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  1. Meet Mariehttps://marieforcongress.com/about/

    Marie for Congress · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign-controlled source, used for her biography and for the bipartisanship and 2022 margin claims.

    candidate statement

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  2. November 8, 2022 general election, Congressional District 3https://results.vote.wa.gov/results/20221108/congressional-district-3-us-representative.html

    Washington Secretary of State · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Certified results: Gluesenkamp Perez 160,314, Kent 157,685, write-ins 1,760, total 319,759.

    official election record

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