Marie Gluesenkamp Perez raises campaign funds and runs for U.S. Representative for the Third District in southwest Washington state under this name.
For real estate transactions and business filings, Kristina Marie Perez is the name she has used. For example, Kristina Marie Perez and Dean Alan Gluesenkamp were listed as owners of a residential property in Skamania County in 2017, and may still own that property.
Perez says on her campaign website she’s a “fifth-generation Washingtonian.” Per https://history.house.gov/People/Detail/25769822958, she was born in Harris County, Texas, in 1988. She was raised outside Houston, Texas, then went to Warren Wilson College in North Carolina. She transferred to liberal Reed College in Portland, Oregon, graduating in 2013.
Perez says she was “running an auto repair shop” but has concealed the location and name of the repair shop in ads, campaign mailers and websites for years. The shop is Deans’ Car Care located in Portland, Oregon. Automotive mechanic Dean Gluesenkamp served as agent for the business when it was registered in Oregon in 2012 with the Oregon Secretary of State.
Per a 2019 amendment filing with Oregon the office, Kristina M. Perez was newly listed as registered agent and Kristina Marie Perez as secretary and owner for Dean’s Car Care, Inc. In 2019, Kristina Marie Perez was also listed as agent, member and owner for Perez Gluesenkamp Enterprises, LLC, at the same business address. Since 2023, Dean Gluesenkamp has been listed as president, secretary and agent for Dean’s Car Care, Inc. Dean is now the registered agent and only member listed for Perez Gluesenkamp Enterprises, LLC.
In contrast, John Braun is candid about his name and family business he helped found, Braun Northwest, located in Chehalis, Washington. As general manager, then president, John grew the company to employ 350 people working in a 128,000-square-foot manufacturing plant. The company builds custom emergency vehicles — ambulances, fire rescue, mobile intensive care, SWAT, hazmat and bomb disposal vehicles — serving fire, EMS and law enforcement agencies across the western U.S, Hawaii and Alaska.
John Braun works to protect jobs, grow Washington agricultural trade, cut waste in government, and expand energy production to fuel our future. Braun’s qualifications: U.S. Navy submarine captain, a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and a master’s degree in manufacturing engineering, a successful business, a Washington state citizen-legislator.
Braun’s broad leadership experience and integrity make him the best choice for U.S. representative for southwest Washington.
Margaret Tweet
Camas
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