John Braun

Washington’s 3rd (WA - 03)

Updated: August 3, 2026

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Overview

OVERVIEW

John Braun is a self-serving career politician who has used his 14 years in Olympia to enrich himself.  

SUMMARY

Starting thirteen weeks from Election Day, voters in the Portland media market need to see ads on broadcast and voters district-wide need to see ads on cable, YouTube, streaming, and OTT and read mail about the fact that:

  • After 14 years, John Braun raised your taxes and cut his company’s. 
  • In Olympia, John Braun was the architect of the largest property tax increase in Washington state history — $1.6 billion — while in the very same budget deal he voted to cut his own company’s taxes by 40 percent. 
  • Braun has sponsored legislation to lower the property tax bill on land he personally owns, and his company has taken more than $2.5 million in taxpayer subsidies. 

Then, voters in the Portland media market need to see ads on broadcast and voters district-wide need to see ads on cable, YouTube, streaming, and OTT and read mail about the fact that:

  • If Braun got his way, Southwest Washington families would be paying higher premiums and higher drug prices while the corporate interests funding Braun’s campaigns got exactly what they paid for.
  • In the state Senate, John Braun took more than $100,000 in campaign contributions from health insurance and pharmaceutical interests, and he did their bidding in Olympia.
  • Braun voted against protecting coverage for people with preexisting conditions, voted against efforts that could lower health insurance premiums, and voted to protect Big Pharma’s ability to hike prescription drug costs.

Additional Resources

  • Voters need communications that focus on  pocketbook and accountability arguments, not partisan or national political attacks.
  • This district has a distinctive look, as do the area’s residents who work in natural resource industries such as timber and fisheries. Voters should see visuals that reflect the community’s unique look and feel.
  • Voters in the Seattle media market can but do not need to receive communications.
  • In Washington State, everyone votes by mail and there are open primaries. Primary ballots are mailed to voters by Friday July 17, 2026, and the deadline to return them is 8 PM on Tuesday, August 4, 2026. Most voters mail in their ballots in the final week of the primary. 
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  • John Braun (WA-03) Research Report



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