The Democrat who won in Trump country

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🗓️ 25 November 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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US Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez was one of the few Democrats to win a swing district in the 2024 election. She explains what lessons Democrats can learn from her win and what she hopes to accomplish, even as a minority, in the 119th Congress. This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin and Peter Balonon-Rosen, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Andrea Kristinsdottir, and hosted by Noel King. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast Support Today, Explained by becoming a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/members Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash., after her 2022 election. Photo by Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The rap on the Democrats in 2024 was that they only spoke to the very rich and the very poor,
0:06.3	so they lost the working class.
0:08.4	But not all of them lost.
0:10.5	Marie Glucon-Camp-Perez did not just win.
0:12.7	She won in Trump country.
0:14.6	Democrats work in the trades.
0:15.7	We live in rural communities.
0:19.5	We are not the devil. We are your neighbors. Before being elected, I ran
0:26.2	an auto repair at a machine shop with my husband. And we live in unincorporated Schemania County,
0:31.2	and our son is three years old now.
0:33.6	Scamania County in Washington State has a national forest and a population of about 12,000 people.
0:39.2	We get our internet from a radio tower. We get our water from a well.
0:42.5	In her first term, Glucentcamp Perez crossed the aisle to vote with Republicans on behalf of her rural and working class constituents.
0:49.5	And she horrified some Democrats along the way.
0:51.7	Her plans to get things done despite a Republican majority in Congress coming up on Today Explained.
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