John Braun
- Republican · Washington Senate District 20 · On the Nov 3 ballot for US House, Washington District 3 · vs. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D)
- Background
- Served in the Navy
- Raised
- $3.3M
- Cash on hand
- $672K
- First race on record
- 2012
- Age
- 59
- Races
- Won 4 of 4
Spectrum
Centrist is the middle of the scale, not of Congress. How this works
By donors (CFscore, 2022 cycle)
Research estimate from Stanford DIME 4.0. Source
Matched by name only, so it could be the wrong person.
Method and limits
Published score 1.096 on a scale from −2.0 to 2.0, where 0 is the center. 99 donors. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
Places a candidate by who gave them money; candidates who share donors sit close together.
Reflects the donor network, not votes or views, and comes from past cycles, not a 2026 reading.
Now
US House, Washington District 3
- Newest poll
- Gluesenkamp Perez 45, Braun 44 · Change Research, Oct 21, 2026 · Polls updated Oct 31, 3:15 p.m. ET, from VoteHub
Career
| Year | Race | Result | Share | Lost to, or other round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | State Senate, WA | Won | 96.5% | |
| 2020 | State Senate, WA | Won | 96.7% | |
| 2016 | State Senate, WA | Won | 100% | |
| 2012 | State Senate, WA | Won | 55.4% |
About this list
Races in our results files. Other offices, earlier years and most primaries can be missing. A general that went to a runoff counts as neither a win nor a loss. Some races are matched to this person by name and seat, not by an ID, so one could belong to someone with the same name.
Money
FEC, through Oct 14, 2026Spent $2.6M · Debts owed $600
Where the money came from
- Individuals$2.1M
- PACs and other committees$568K
- Party committees$5K
- Candidate’s own money$11K
- Loans from the candidate$600
- Transfers from the candidate’s other committees$622K
As the campaign reported to the FEC through Oct 14, 2026. Bars compare these lines. Some money has no line here, so they may not add up to the total raised. Source: FEC candidate summary.
Committees giving to this campaign
94 committees reported giving $338K.
- Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. PAC (ABC PAC)PAC$10,000
- The Eye of the Tiger PACLeadership PAC$10,000
- The Guardian FundJoint fundraising committee$10,000
- Seal PAC Supporting Electing American Leaders PACPAC$10,000
- American Revival PACPAC$10,000
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- 31 Days PACLeadership PAC$10,000
- Eureka PACLeadership PAC$7,500
- B Brigade Majority FundLeadership PAC$7,000
- Baum PACLeadership PAC$7,000
- Bold Action PACLeadership PAC$7,000
- Red Roots FundLeadership PAC$7,000
- Timberline PACLeadership PAC$7,000
- Acpac Aca International PACPAC$5,000
- National Automobile Dealers Association PACPAC$5,000
- National Federation of Independent Business Federal PACPAC$5,000
- Koch, Inc. PAC (KOCHPAC)PAC$5,000
- Automotive Free International Trade PACPAC$5,000
- Conservative Opportunity Leadership and Enterprise PACLeadership PAC$5,000
- American Security PACLeadership PAC$5,000
- America's First PACPAC$5,000
The largest 20 are listed. Refunds the committees reported are taken out. Independent spending isn’t included. These figures come from the committees’ own reports, so they can differ from the campaign’s lines above, sometimes by a lot. Source: FEC committee-to-candidate file, dated Oct 25, 2026.
Reports through Oct 14, 2026. Matched to the FEC by name, party and seat, so it could be the wrong person.
How these are counted
Later filings are not in yet. Totals for the 2025 to 2026 cycle. Raised $3,311,756. Cash on hand $671,919. Spent $2,639,837. Debts owed $600. Individuals $2,105,662. PACs and other committees $567,941. Party committees $5,000. Candidate’s own money $10,834. Loans from the candidate $600. Other loans $0. Transfers from the candidate’s other committees $621,691. Main committee: John Braun for Congress. No individual donor names are shown.
More about John Braun
Offices held (5 terms and offices)
- State Senate, Washington
- State Senate, Washington
- State Senate, Washington
- State Senate, Washington
- State Senate, Washington
Background
- Served in the Navy
Source: Campaign site
Official pages (2 links)
Their own pages
Government records
Sources (10 sources)
Name, party, office and status. Retrieved Aug 21, 2026.
Open States people (current) CSVs
Who holds the seat. Retrieved Oct 28, 2026. License: CC0-1.0 (Open States people data).
Compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns. Not an official source.
Federal 2026 candidates: money totals (web/data/people/money) and the MN federal filing list. Bulk files, no API and no key. Retrieved Oct 31, 2026. License: US government work, public domain. Totals and committee names only; no donor names or addresses are stored.
FEC bulk data 2025-2026: contributions from committees to candidates (pas226)
Federal 2026 candidates: committees giving to each candidate (web/data/people/money-types). Bulk file, no API and no key. Retrieved Oct 31, 2026. License: US government work, public domain. Committee totals only; the individual contributions file is not used.
Stanford DIME public v4.0, recipients file (CFscores)
CFscores for candidates and officials; web/data/ideology/dime.json and aggregate.json. A research estimate by Adam Bonica, not an official measure. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
Compiled by Adam Bonica, Stanford University Libraries (built from campaign finance filings) from official returns. Not an official source.
Bonica, Adam. 2024. Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections: Public version 4.0 [Computer file]. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Libraries. https://data.stanford.edu/dime .
Election Wrld 2026 candidate files (state election office lists)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: state public records; see each row's sourceUrl.
Election Wrld state legislative returns (web/data/results/sld); each row names its upstream source
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: see sources.json.
FEC candidate master file (cnYY.zip bulk download)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: US government work, public domain.
Stanford DIME v4.0 recipients file
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
Election Wrld officials files (web/data/officials)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: see sources.json.
- Age: Wikidata, counted to Nov 3, 2026. A community-edited source, not an official record. We show the age, never the birth date.
- First win in our records: State Senate district 20, 2012-11-06. Basis: first win in our records (Election Wrld results files; earlier wins may exist outside them).
Officials files, 2026 candidate files, returns files, DIME, FEC candidate master and congress-legislators terms, as of 2026-10-29. Nothing about jobs, retirement, or reasons is recorded or inferred.
Not available for John Braun: a voting record.
DataSources: FEC, DIME (ODC-BY), Results filesData as of Oct 29, 2026