一名公开两次违抗众议院少数党领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯（民主党-纽约州）的民主党议员，预计将在2024年由唐纳德·特朗普总统赢得的选区中逆势连任。
A Democratic lawmaker who publicly defied House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., twice is projected to beat the odds to win re-election in a district that President Donald Trump carried in 2024.
华盛顿州联邦众议员玛丽·格鲁森坎普·佩雷斯（民主党-华盛顿州）有望击败共和党华盛顿州参议员约翰·布劳恩，赢得第三个众议院任期。
Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash., is on pace to defeat Republican Washington state Sen. John Braun to win a third term in the House of Representatives next year.
对于众议院民主党人争取夺回国会多数党地位而言，这是一场重要胜利，但也可能在未来两年的关键表决中给党领袖制造麻烦。
It's an important victory for House Democrats in their quest to claw back the majority in Congress, but one that could also create drama for party leaders on key votes over the next two years.
格鲁森坎普·佩雷斯过去曾在表决中背离本党，她在9月两次在程序性投票中站在共和党一边，帮助共和党领袖从保守派叛乱中挽救其议程，激怒了民主党同僚。
Gluesenkamp Perez, who has been known to buck her party on votes in the past, infuriated her fellow Democrats twice in September when she sided with Republicans on procedural votes that helped GOP leaders rescue their agenda from conservative rebellions.
如果不是她和缅因州联邦众议员贾里德·戈尔登（民主党-缅因州）在那两次投票中站在共和党一边，众议院共和党的议程将陷入瘫痪。
If not for her and Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, siding with Republicans on those two votes, the House GOP's agenda would have been paralyzed.
第一次违抗让她招致了杰弗里斯罕见的公开斥责，后者称之为“背信弃义”。其他左翼议员呼吁将她从权力巨大的众议院拨款委员会除名。
The first time earned her a rare public rebuke from Jeffries, who called it a "breach of trust." Other left-wing lawmakers called for her to be removed from the powerful House Appropriations Committee over the move.
但也可以认为，格鲁森坎普·佩雷斯公开违抗本党对她的政治生存至关重要。特朗普在2024年以约3个百分点的优势赢得了她的选区，而她最初是击败一位在任共和党众议员而赢得席位的。
But one could argue that Gluesenkamp Perez's public defiance of her own party was critical for her political survival. Trump won her district by roughly 3 percentage points in 2024, and she first won her seat by defeating an incumbent House Republican.
华盛顿州第3国会选区包括农村地区、温哥华市以及该州西南部的小沿海城镇。
Washington's 3rd Congressional District includes rural areas and the city of Vancouver, and smaller coastal towns in the southwest portion of the state.
在她前两次竞选中，部分助力来自对手乔·肯特因与极右翼团体的关联而面临当选能力问题。他后来被任命为美国国家反恐中心主任，但因在中东政策上的分歧而辞职。
Part of what bolstered Gluesenkamp Perez in her previous two races was her opponent, Joe Kent, suffering from electability issues because of his association with far-right groups. He was later named Trump's director of the United States National Counterterrorism Center, but resigned over disagreements on Middle East policy.
然而这一次，这场竞选预计将胶着得多，布劳恩作为一名更主流的共和党候选人参选。
This time, however, the race was expected to be much closer, with Braun running as a more mainstream GOP candidate.
布劳恩是一名前海军上尉，同时也协助经营家族企业——布劳恩西北公司，该公司生产应急车辆。
Braun is a former Navy captain who also helps run his family's company, Braun Northwest, a manufacturer of emergency vehicles.
据《华盛顿标准报》报道，双方在该选区的竞选支出超过2000万美元，这表明该席位对两党都至关重要。
More than $20 million was spent on their race, according to the Washington Standard, a sign of its critical position for both parties.