Election 2026

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Issue record

Money and ethics in Congress

In short

Braun's campaign lists no position on the pages checked. Gluesenkamp Perez's backs a congressional stock-trading ban and says it takes no special-interest money, naming drug companies. She backed a House-passed stock-buying ban that is not law and does not require selling existing holdings. Her campaign's committee-money reports this cycle through July 15, 2026 show no drug-maker PAC gifts, but pharmacy-group and lobbyist-linked PAC gifts. No filing defines a special interest.

Campaign positions

What each campaign says.

John Braun

No position on campaign money, lobbying or trading by members of Congress was found on his campaign's home, about or issues pages. The nearest is a promise to apply submarine discipline to federal budgets, which is about spending.

Marie Gluesenkamp Perez

Her campaign says it takes no money from special interests, naming drug companies, and that members of Congress should be banned from trading individual stocks.

Evidence timeline

What the record shows.

  1. official action

    Marie Gluesenkamp Perez: Matches stated record claim

    She is an original cosponsor of H.R.10780. Its proposed restrictions start in fiscal 2027; they are not current law.

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    In the October 13 KATU debate, Gluesenkamp Perez said she had introduced legislation to prohibit pocket rescissions. She is an original cosponsor of H.R.10780, the Congressional Budget Reform Act, introduced October 9, 2026. Section 201 would bar specified withholding of budget authority during its final 90 days of availability, beginning in fiscal 2027. The bill has been referred to House committees. Limit: Jared Golden is the named sponsor. This is proposed legislation with defined timing and funding conditions. No assessment of the legality of any specific presidential action was made.

  2. official action

    Marie Gluesenkamp Perez: Matches stated direction

    She cosponsored five unvoted stock bills and backed July 2026 House purchase restrictions, still awaiting the Senate. That bill does not require selling existing holdings.

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    Her campaign says members of Congress should be banned from trading individual stocks. She is an original cosponsor of the No Corruption in Government Act (H.R. 358), introduced January 13, 2025 by Representative Zach Nunn; its section 102 would bar members of Congress and their spouses from holding, buying or selling securities and commodities while in office, with exceptions for diversified funds, Treasury securities and blind trusts. She was also an original cosponsor of the TRUST in Congress Act, which would require members and their families to put covered investments in a blind trust, in both Congresses (H.R. 345, January 12, 2023; H.R. 396, January 14, 2025), and later joined the Prohibit Insider Trading Act (H.R. 1138, 118th Congress) and the Restore Trust in Congress Act (H.R. 5106, 119th Congress). None of those five has had a floor vote. On July 22, 2026 she voted for Rep. Bryan Steil's Stop Insider Trading Act (H.R. 7008), which passed the House 232 to 198 (Roll Call 280). She was one of 13 Democrats who voted yes. Just before, she voted for Rep. Seth Magaziner's motion to send it back to committee, which failed 211 to 218 (Roll Call 279). The bill bars members, spouses and dependent children from buying stocks and requires public notice 7 to 14 days before a sale. It does not make them sell what they hold. As passed, it also requires photo ID to vote. It is on the Senate calendar. Limit: Cosponsorship is support, not passage. The five bills are every stock-trading bill on her cosponsored list on Congress.gov, searched by title on September 23, 2026; she joined two after they were introduced. The House Clerk's roll-call lists for 2023 to 2026, searched by title on September 24, 2026, show no other vote on members' stock trading.

  3. campaign position

    Marie Gluesenkamp Perez: record does not settle this

    Through July 15, her PAC receipts were $861,810.91: none from drug makers, $3,500 from an independent pharmacy group and $305,500.01 lobbyist-linked. Special interest is undefined.

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    Under the heading "Ending the influence of Corporate Money", her campaign says it does not take money from special interests, and gives drug companies as its example. Through July 15, 2026 her committee reported $861,810.91 this cycle from political committees other than parties (line 11C). None is the committee of a drug manufacturer. One is recorded by the FEC as a corporation's PAC: Edward Jones PAC, $2,500 in December 2025. One is from the drug trade: the National Community Pharmacists Assoc PAC, the committee of an association of independent pharmacies, gave $1,000 in June 2025 and $2,500 in June 2026. Seventy-seven of the committees that gave, together $305,500.01, are ones the FEC designates as lobbyist or registrant PACs, among them medical, dental, insurance and auto-care trade groups. Most of her committee money, $2,798,314.63, arrived as transfers from joint fundraising committees, chiefly her own MGP Victory Fund. Why there is no verdict: No filing defines a special interest, so the record cannot say whether the claim holds. Her page puts the sentence under a heading about corporate money. The one giver the FEC types as a corporation PAC is Edward Jones PAC, $2,500. Other business-tied PACs gave too: a sugar cooperative's, American Crystal Sugar Company ($7,500), and two law firms', K&L Gates and Holland & Knight ($1,000 each). The record can also test the example she gives: no drug manufacturer's committee has given, and a pharmacists' association has given $3,500. Whether any of these is the kind of special interest she means is a judgment this desk leaves to the reader. Limit: Committee money only. Donations from individuals, including those made through ActBlue, are not special-interest money on any reading and are not counted. The lobbyist or registrant designation is the FEC's classification of a committee connected to a registered lobbyist, not this desk's. Joint fundraising committees pass on money they raised themselves; their memo entries on her reports were read for drug-industry names and found none among committees, but their own full filings were not read.

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Sources24 source records

How we use sources

  1. Campaign home pagehttps://www.votebraun.com/

    John Braun for Congress · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign-controlled source, confirmed by its line "Paid for by John Braun for Congress" and by the website the committee filed with the FEC. Positions are attributed, not independently verified facts. It links his X, Instagram and Facebook accounts. electbraun.com, which a search returns first, is a different Braun's 2018 city council race in Minnesota and is not used.

    candidate statement

    For: John Braun: campaign position

  2. About John Braunhttps://www.votebraun.com/about

    John Braun for Congress · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign-controlled source, used for his biography and for the record claims on this page: the tuition program, the 2017-19 budget, the capital gains and income tax opposition, and the fentanyl bills. His Navy rank and years of service are his campaign's account; no Navy record was read.

    candidate statement

    For: John Braun: campaign position

  3. Where I Stand: Issueshttps://www.votebraun.com/issues

    John Braun for Congress · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign-controlled source setting out nine subjects. Three of its sentences are about his opponent's votes; a claim about an opponent is outside what this site checks, and those sentences are not used.

    candidate statement

    For: John Braun: campaign position

  4. What Marie Believes: Issueshttps://marieforcongress.com/issues/

    Marie for Congress · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign-controlled source setting out fourteen subjects. Positions are attributed, not independently verified facts.

    candidate statement

    For: Marie Gluesenkamp Perez: campaign position; Marie Gluesenkamp Perez: Matches stated direction; Marie Gluesenkamp Perez: record does not settle this

  5. KATU debate, October 13: A bill limiting late-year withholding of fundshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtDqJEAdAEs&t=854s

    KATU News · Published Oct 13, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Paraphrased from saved English native captions; no second independent transcript. Raw capture association and hash recorded in the dated note.

    candidate statement

    For: Marie Gluesenkamp Perez: Matches stated record claim

  6. H.R.10780, Congressional Budget Reform Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10780

    Congress.gov · Published Oct 9, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Congress.gov API and GovInfo BillStatus: Golden sponsor; Gluesenkamp Perez original cosponsor October 9; referred to committees; no laws.

    official legislative record

    For: Marie Gluesenkamp Perez: Matches stated record claim

  7. H.R.10780 introduced text, section 201https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr10780ih/html/BILLS-119hr10780ih.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Oct 9, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Section 201, Executive Spending and Impoundment Reforms, specifies FY 2027 onward and final 90-day withholding restrictions.

    official legislative record

    For: Marie Gluesenkamp Perez: Matches stated record claim

  8. H.R. 358, No Corruption in Government Act, 119th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/358

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Introduced January 13, 2025 by Rep. Zach Nunn with her as an original cosponsor; referred to committee. The introduced text, read on GovInfo, is used for what section 102 would prohibit.

    official legislative record

    For: Marie Gluesenkamp Perez: Matches stated direction

  9. H.R. 345, TRUST in Congress Act, 118th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/345

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Introduced January 12, 2023 by Rep. Abigail Spanberger with her as an original cosponsor; referred to the Committee on House Administration. It would require members of Congress and their spouses and dependent children to place certain assets in blind trusts.

    official legislative record

    For: Marie Gluesenkamp Perez: Matches stated direction

  10. H.R. 396, TRUST in Congress Act, 119th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/396

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Reintroduced January 14, 2025 by Rep. Seth Magaziner with her as an original cosponsor; referred to the Committee on House Administration.

    official legislative record

    For: Marie Gluesenkamp Perez: Matches stated direction

  11. H.R. 1138, Prohibit Insider Trading Act, 118th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1138

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Introduced February 21, 2023 by Rep. Zach Nunn; she joined as a cosponsor on April 17, 2023. It would prohibit transactions in certain financial instruments by members of Congress and their spouses. Referred to committee.

    official legislative record

    For: Marie Gluesenkamp Perez: Matches stated direction

  12. H.R. 5106, Restore Trust in Congress Act, 119th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5106

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Introduced September 3, 2025 by Rep. Chip Roy; she joined as a cosponsor on October 8, 2025. It would prohibit members of Congress and their spouses and dependents from owning or trading stocks. Referred to the Committee on House Administration.

    official legislative record

    For: Marie Gluesenkamp Perez: Matches stated direction

  13. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, cosponsored legislationhttps://api.congress.gov/v3/member/G000600/cosponsored-legislation

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    All 550 measures she had cosponsored in the 118th and 119th Congresses, read September 23, 2026 and searched by title for bills on trading and holding stocks by members of Congress.

    official legislative record

    For: Marie Gluesenkamp Perez: Matches stated direction

  14. H.R. 7008, Stop Insider Trading Act, 119th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7008

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 24, 2026

    Introduced January 12, 2026 by Rep. Bryan Steil. Passed the House July 22, 2026; placed on the Senate calendar August 6, 2026 (Calendar No. 548). As passed, section 2 bars members, spouses and dependent children from buying covered investments and requires public notice 7 to 14 days before a sale. Section 3 requires photo ID to vote in federal elections.

    official legislative record

    For: Marie Gluesenkamp Perez: Matches stated direction

  15. Roll Call 280, H.R. 7008, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026280

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 24, 2026

    Recorded vote of July 22, 2026, 232 to 198; she voted Yea, one of 13 Democrats who did. Found by searching the Clerk's roll-call lists for 2023 to 2026 by title; it and roll 279 are the only votes there on members' stock trading.

    official legislative record

    For: Marie Gluesenkamp Perez: Matches stated direction

  16. Roll Call 279, H.R. 7008, on motion to recommithttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026279

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 24, 2026

    Recorded vote of July 22, 2026 on Rep. Seth Magaziner's motion to send the bill back to committee. It failed 211 to 218; she voted Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Marie Gluesenkamp Perez: Matches stated direction

  17. MARIE FOR CONGRESS, receipts from committees, lines 11B, 11C and 12https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00806174&two_year_transaction_period=2026

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Read from OpenFEC on September 23, 2026 by line: 13 rows on line 11B, 437 on line 11C (20 of them memo entries) and 6,248 on line 12 (6,218 memo entries itemizing what joint fundraising committees passed on). Each line's itemized total equals the committee's own summary total to the cent.

    fec filing

    For: Marie Gluesenkamp Perez: record does not settle this

  18. MARIE FOR CONGRESS, Year-End 2025, electronic filing (document)

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The filing as submitted, covering October 1 to December 31, 2025, file 1941898, the current version. Used for its line-11C entry of December 17, 2025 from Edward Jones PAC ($2,500).

    fec filing

    For: Marie Gluesenkamp Perez: record does not settle this

  19. EDJ Holding Company, Inc. Political Action Committee (Edward Jones PAC): committee overviewhttps://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00410407/

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The FEC's record of the committee: a corporation PAC, qualified, also designated a lobbyist/registrant PAC. It is the only committee that gave to her campaign this cycle whose FEC organization type is corporation.

    fec filing

    For: Marie Gluesenkamp Perez: record does not settle this

  20. MARIE FOR CONGRESS, July Quarterly 2025, electronic filing (document)

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The filing as submitted, covering the second quarter of 2025, file 1902994, the current version. Used for its line-11C entry of June 20, 2025 from the National Community Pharmacists Assoc PAC ($1,000).

    fec filing

    For: Marie Gluesenkamp Perez: record does not settle this

  21. MARIE FOR CONGRESS, July Quarterly 2026, electronic filing (document)

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The filing as submitted, covering April 1 to June 30, 2026, file 1996963. Used for its line-11C entry of June 22, 2026 from the National Community Pharmacists Assoc PAC ($2,500, $3,500 for the cycle).

    fec filing

    For: Marie Gluesenkamp Perez: record does not settle this

  22. MARIE FOR CONGRESS, April Quarterly 2025, electronic filing (document)

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The filing as submitted, covering January 1 to March 31, 2025, file 1887382, the current version. Used for its line-11C entries of March 31, 2025 from American Crystal Sugar Company's PAC ($2,500) and Holland & Knight's PAC ($1,000).

    fec filing

    For: Marie Gluesenkamp Perez: record does not settle this

  23. MARIE FOR CONGRESS, April Quarterly 2026, electronic filing (document)

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The filing as submitted, covering January 1 to March 31, 2026, file 1964440, the current version. Used for its two line-11C entries of February 10, 2026 from American Crystal Sugar Company's PAC ($2,500 each, $7,500 for the cycle).

    fec filing

    For: Marie Gluesenkamp Perez: record does not settle this

  24. American Crystal Sugar Company Political Action Committee: committee overviewhttps://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00110338/

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The FEC's record of the committee: a cooperative's PAC, qualified, also designated a lobbyist/registrant PAC.

    fec filing

    For: Marie Gluesenkamp Perez: record does not settle this